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Presentation 2020-03-05 10:10
Effects of Relay Networks in Bitcoin
Kai Otsuki, Kazuyuki Shudo, Ryohei Banno (TIT) NS2019-192
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Bitcoin's throughput falls greatly behind that of centralized systems such as Visa and PayPal.
Its throughput must be improved for Bitcoin to handle the comparable number of transactions.
It is known that block propagation time improvement is necessary if there is to be substantial improvement in throughput.
Relay networks have been attracting attention as a method to improve throughput. However, it is not yet clear what kind of effects relay networks have or how strong these effects are. In particular, the effects on individual nodes have received little attention.
Thus, this study aims at investigating the effects of relay networks on the Bitcoin network and its nodes under the current network state in approximately 2019. We simulated a relay network under the current network state because simulation was virtually the only way to obtain data for all the nodes.
A major contribution of this study is its investigation of the relay network effect on the 90th percentile of block propagation time; to our knowledge, this is the first such investigation. Moreover, this study shows that relay networks benefit not only the system but also the nodes utilizing them. It was observed that the utilizing nodes were significantly less likely to produce orphan blocks than the non-utilizing nodes. This finding can motivate nodes to utilize relay networks.
Keyword (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Bitcoin / Blockchain / Relay network / / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 119, no. 460, NS2019-192, pp. 89-94, March 2020.
Paper # NS2019-192 
Date of Issue 2020-02-27 (NS) 
ISSN Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee NS IN  
Conference Date 2020-03-05 - 2020-03-06 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Royal Hotel Okinawa Zanpa-Misaki 
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Conference Code 2020-03-NS-IN 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) Effects of Relay Networks in Bitcoin 
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1st Author's Name Kai Otsuki  
1st Author's Affiliation Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT)
2nd Author's Name Kazuyuki Shudo  
2nd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT)
3rd Author's Name Ryohei Banno  
3rd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT)
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Date Time 2020-03-05 10:10:00 
Presentation Time 20 minutes 
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Paper # NS2019-192 
Volume (vol) vol.119 
Number (no) no.460 
Page pp.89-94 
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Date of Issue 2020-02-27 (NS) 


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