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Considering Cross-Referencing Method for Scalable Public Blockchain

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We propose a cross-referencing method for enabling multiple P2P network domains to manage their own public blockchains and periodically exchange among one another the state of the latest fixed block in the blockchain with hysteresis signatures. We evaluated the effectiveness of the proposed method from a theoretical viewpoint by introducing the tamper-resistance-improvement ratio. We confirmed that the tamper-resistance-improvement ratio was high, meaning that it is possible to achieve a more scalable public blockchain balanced with decentralization and tamper resistance with the proposed method.

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This work was partially supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) through KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) Grant Numbers 17K00141, 17H01742, and 20K11797.

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  1. Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba, 275-0016, Japan

    Takaaki Yanagihara & Akihiro Fujihara

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  1. Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan

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  2. Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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  3. Rissho University, Tokyo, Japan

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Yanagihara, T., Fujihara, A. (2021). Considering Cross-Referencing Method for Scalable Public Blockchain. In: Barolli, L., Natwichai, J., Enokido, T. (eds) Advances in Internet, Data and Web Technologies. EIDWT 2021. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 65. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70639-5_21

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