DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Blockchain: An Overview and Comparative Evaluation" report to their offering.
This document provides an in-depth review of blockchain technology: its origins, technical operation, attributes, current state and areas of application. We also present the results of a comparative empirical evaluation of three popular blockchains; Tendermint, IBM's Hyperledger/Fabric and Ethereum in terms of transaction throughput, latency and compute costwas conducted which represents one of the first empirical blockchain evaluations.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Executive Summary
2 Introduction
2.1 Blockchain: Bitcoin's Legacy
2.2 Beyond Crytocurrencies
2.3 Characteristics of Blockchain Technology
3 Blockchain Applications
3.1 Smart Contracts
3.2 Financial Services
3.3 Record Management
3.4 Identity Management
3.5 Voting
3.6 The Internet of Things (IoT)
3.7 Blockchain Analytics
4 Blockchain Technologies
4.1 Consensus Models
4.1.1 Proof of Work
4.1.2 Proof of Elapsed Time
4.1.3 Proof of Stake
4.1.4 PBFT
4.1.5 Tendermint
4.1.6 Ripple Protocol
4.2 Public Platforms
4.2.1 Bitcoin
4.2.2 Ethereum
4.2.3 Monero
4.3 Private Platforms
4.3.1 Everledger
4.3.2 Hyperledger/Fabric
4.3.3 Tendermint
4.3.4 Ripple
5 A Comparative Evaluation of Blockchain Implementations
5.1 Prior Work
5.2 Experimental Process
5.2.1 Blockchain Node Setup
5.2.2 Data Collection
5.2.3 Performance Analysis
5.3 Experimental Parameters
5.3.1 Simulated Network Latency
5.4 Results
5.4.1 Discussion
6 Conclusion
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