Tail Removal Block Validation: Implementation and Analysis

In this paper a solution for the removal of long tail blocktimes in a proof-of-work blockchain is proposed, implemented and analysed. Results from the mainnet of the Bismuth blockchain demonstrate that the variances in the key variables, difficulty level and blocktime, were approximately halved afte...

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Main Authors: Jan Kucera, Geir Hovland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Society of Automatic Control 2018-07-01
Series:Modeling, Identification and Control
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Online Access:http://www.mic-journal.no/PDF/2018/MIC-2018-3-1.pdf