Subchains: A Technique to Scale Bitcoin and Improve the User Experience
Orphan risk for large blocks limits Bitcoin’s transactional capacity while the lack of secure instant transactions restricts its usability. Progress on either front would help spur adoption. This paper considers a technique for using fractional-difficulty blocks (weak blocks) to build subchains brid...
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| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Ledger |
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| Online Access: | https://ledgerjournal.org/ojs/index.php/ledger/article/view/40 |