One of the concerns confronting the Bitcoin community is that of scaling the transaction throughput rate: How do we go from the current rate of approx. 5 transactions per second to a thousand times that?
In this episode, we talk to Emin Gun Sirer and Ittay Eyal from Cornell University regarding Bitcoin NG; a next generation Bitcoin blockchain design that addresses some protocol based limitations preventing Bitcoin from increasing transaction throughput.
Their proposal also enables fast (initial) transaction confirmations on the order of 10-20 seconds.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Metrics to measure the security and fairness properties of Nakamoto consensus as implemented in Bitcoin.
- A network emulation of Bitcoin designed by their team to study properties of Bitcoin network.
- Technical design of Bitcoin NG
- Concerns with Bitcoin NG
- Impact of Bitcoin NG on various stakeholders if it is adopted in the main Bitcoin network.
Episode links:
- Bitcoin-NG White Paper
- Bitcoin-NG: A Secure, Faster, Better Blockchain
- Bitcoin-NG and the Blockchain Test bed (Scaling Bitcoin Workshop Slides)
This episode is hosted by Meher Roy and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/103
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