Consensus: Fueling Blockchain Innovation and DApp Expansion

di Ali Ahmadian (Autore)

Ashok Kumar Yadav (Autore)

Om Pal (Autore)

Elsevier Science & Technology, 2025

Consensus: Fueling Blockchain Innovation and DApp Expansion explores the complexities of consensus mechanisms in order to shed light on emerging trends, best practices, and real-world applications that can fuel blockchain innovation while encouraging the dissemination of DApps across various industries. Additionally, the book bridges a crucial gap in the literature by providing in-depth insights into the role of consensus mechanisms in shaping the future of blockchain technology and decentralized applications. This book delves into the fundamentals of blockchain technology along with the roles and significance of vital consensus mechanisms, their underlying principles, formal specifications, functional characteristics, architecture, frameworks, and potential across diverse blockchain applications. Moreover, the book meticulously explores classification, performance metrics, and design parameters. It offers a comprehensive comparative analysis of these mechanisms, shedding light on their computational and communication complexity, strengths, weaknesses, and suitability. Additionally, the book delves into future research directions, highlighting emerging trends and areas requiring further investigation. It also addresses the efforts underway to address existing challenges and open issues within the realm of consensus mechanisms, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the state-of-the-art in this pivotal aspect of blockchain technology. Due to the wide range of availability and evolving new consensus mechanisms, selecting an optimal and suitable consensus for a specific blockchain application is one of the crucial challenges in the development and innovation of blockchain systems. This book has also a discussion on appropriate selection algorithms based on multi-attribute decision-making for specific blockchain systems and DApps development.

• Autore: Ali Ahmadian, Ashok Kumar Yadav, Om Pal
• Editore: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 248 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 191 mm
• Peso: 450 gr.
• EAN: 9780443404399

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