Performance evaluation of a lightweight consensus protocol for blockchain in IoT networks.

• Autorzy: Kaur Manpreet , Gupta Shikha

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DOI

10.7494/csci.2025.26.1.5483

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The consensus protocol is essential in practically every blockchain application. Most of these existing blockchain consensus protocols need massive computa-tional capabilities, substantial energy consumption, and dependency on monetary stakes. These shortcomings in the mainstream consensus approach leadto their unsuitability for low-resource applications like IoT. As a result of thiswork, a lightweight consensus process referred as Delegated Proof of Accessibility (DPoAC) is implemented and evaluated. DPoAC makes use of Shamir secretsharing, Proof of Stake (PoS) with random selection, and the Inter-PlanetaryFile System (IPFS). The DPoAC operation is composed of four modules: secret generation and distribution, retrieval of secret shares, block creation and verification, and block rewards and penalty. A detailed description of DPoAChas been provided and implemented in JavaScript and experimental resultsdemonstrate that our solution meets the necessary performance and securityrequirements for a lightweight scalable protocol for IoT systems.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

blockchain; consensus protocols; DPoAC; secret sharing; IPFS; IoT

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwa AGH
• Czasopismo: Computer Science
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: T. 26 (1)
• Strony: 27--47
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 29 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Kaur Manpreet

• Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ludhiana, India

autor

Gupta Shikha

• Chandigarh University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Gharaun, India

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