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标题：Cryptocurrency Networks: A New P2P Paradigm
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作者：Sergi Delgado-Segura ; Cristina Pérez-Solà ; Jordi Herrera-Joancomartí 等
期刊名称：Mobile Information Systems
印刷版ISSN：1574-017X
出版年度：2018
卷号：2018
DOI：10.1155/2018/2159082
出版社：Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要：P2P networks are the mechanism used by cryptocurrencies to disseminate system information while keeping the whole system as much decentralized as possible. Cryptocurrency P2P networks have new characteristics that propose new challenges and avoid some problems of existing P2P networks. By characterizing the most relevant cryptocurrency network, Bitcoin, we provide details on different properties of cryptocurrency networks and their similarities and differences with standard P2P network paradigms. Our study allows us to conclude that cryptocurrency networks present a new paradigm of P2P networks due to the mechanisms they use to achieve high resilience and security. With this new paradigm, interesting research lines can be further developed, both in the focused field of P2P cryptocurrency networks and also when such networks are combined with other distributed scenarios.