TH4.R8.4

PoW Security-Latency and Transaction Rate

Mustafa Doger, Sennur Ulukus, University of Maryland, United States

Session:
Topics in Modern Coding Theory 3

Track:
2: Modern Coding Theory

Location:
Omega

Presentation Time:
Thu, 11 Jul, 17:25 - 17:45

Session Chair:
David Mitchell,
Abstract
We analyze how secure a block is after the block becomes k-deep, i.e., security-latency, for Nakamoto consensus under an exponential network delay model. We give parameter regimes for which transactions are safe when sufficiently deep in the chain. Next, modeling the blockchain system as a batch service queue with exponential network delay, we connect the security-latency analysis to sustainable transaction rate of the queue system. We modify the selfish-mining attack to hamper the service process and consider its effect on the sustainable transaction rate of the queue.
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