Improving computation and reducing confirmation latency in Proof-of-Work blockchains
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Overview
We (1) improve computation by 2 orders of magnitude in Ethereum by making minor protocol changes, (2) reduce confirmation latency using novel entities called Anchors and Links, (3) improve computation in Ethereum by factor of 2 by leveraging redundancies in computation without modifying the protocol. As future work we are studying sharded permissionless systems.
Active from 2017
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- Sourav Das, Nitin Awathare, Ling Ren, Vinay J. Ribeiro, Umesh Bellur, Tuxedo: Maximizing Smart Contract computation in PoW Blockchains, ACM SIGMETRICS 2022
- Ovia Seshadri, Vinay J. Ribeiro, Shadab Zafar, Securely Improving Stability and Performance of PoW Blockchains Using Anchors , COMSNETS 2022
- Ovia Seshadri, Vinay J. Ribeiro, Aditya Kumar, Securely Boosting Chain Growth and Confirmation Speed in PoW Blockchains, IEEE Blockchain 2021
- Nitin Awathare, Sourav Das, Vinay J. Ribeiro, Umesh Bellur, RENOIR: Accelerating Blockchain Validation using State Caching, ICPE 2021
- Saurav Das, Vinay J. Ribeiro, Abhijeet Anand, YODA: Enabling computationally intensive contracts on blockchains with Byzantine and Selfish nodes , NDSS 2019
- Nitin Awathare, Suraj, Akash, Vinay J. Ribeiro, Umesh Bellur, REBAL : Channel Balancing for Payment Channel Networks, MASCOTS 2021
- Method for scaling computation in blockchain by delaying transaction execution, patent application US20200409941A1, Inventor Umesh Bellur, Nitin Awathare, Sourav Das, Vinay Joseph Ribeiro
- Method in blockchain systems for fast stabilization and increased responsiveness using links, patent appl WO2020254923A1, Inventors Vinay J. Ribeiro, Ovia Seshadri
- Method in blockchain systems for fast stabilization and increased responsiveness, patent appl US20220108313A1, Inventors Vinay J. Ribeiro, Ovia Seshadri
