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Scalable funding of Bitcoin micropayment channel networks [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 The Bitcoin network has scalability problems. To increase its transaction rate and speed, micropayment channel networks have been proposed; however, these require to lock funds into specific channels.
Conrad Burchert +2 more
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Debit Cards for Local Community’s Monetary Transactions: A Literature Review
Asian Journal of Accounting Perspectives, 2015 This conceptual paper provides a review of past studies that highlight the development of debit cards in society. A review of past literature was conducted, in which the issues were highlighted and recommendations for potential solutions for an ...
Nabilah Rozzani +2 more
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Hubs, Rebalancing and Service Providers in the Lightning Network
IEEE Access, 2019 Payment channel networks are the most developed proposal to address the well-known issue of blockchain scalability. Currently, the Lightning Network (LN) is the mainstream and most used payment channel network.
Marco Conoscenti +2 more
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payGo: Incentive-Comparable Payment Routing Based on Contract Theory
IEEE Access, 2020 The increasing use of cryptocurrencies has raised scalability and performance issues in blockchain systems that require global consensus and security assurance for real-time payments.
Kyungho Ryu, Wooseong Kim, Eun-Kyu Lee
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Information, 2018 The Lightning Network (LN) is one of the most promising off-chain scaling solutions for Bitcoin, as it enables off-chain payments which are not subject to the well-known blockchain scalability limit. In this work, we introduce CLoTH, a simulator for HTLC
Marco Conoscenti +3 more
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State Channel as a Service Based on a Distributed and Decentralized Web
IEEE Access, 2020 Currently, developers and researchers are dedicated to finding better ways to achieve greater scalability of various blockchain platforms. Focused on the Ethereum blockchain platform, the state channels are currently the only maturely researched and ...
Blaz Podgorelec +2 more
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PaySwitch: Smart Contract-Based Payment Switch for Off-Chain Payment Channel Networks
IEEE AccessPayment channel networks (PCNs) are a viable solution to the issue of blockchain scalability by offering off-chain transactions between two untrusted peers, without committing each transaction to the blockchain.
Anan Jin +4 more
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What factors determine users' knowledge payment decisions? A mixed-method study.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Methods for obtaining valuable knowledge from the vast amount of mixed-quality information have become a top priority for knowledge demanders. As an online knowledge-sharing channel, the socialized question and answer (Q&A) platform provides important ...
Qin Ying +2 more
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New Onset of Fibromyalgia After Exposure to a Combat Environment: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Traumatic life events are hypothesized to be triggers for the onset of fibromyalgia. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common comorbidity of fibromyalgia. However, limited prospective data are available on the development of fibromyalgia after exposure to high‐magnitude stress.
Jay B. Higgs +15 more
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Current Status and Challenges in Data Collection for Aerospace Coatings Deposited by Plasma Spraying
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.An innovative approach has been integrated into the GRENAT project to optimize plasma spraying and coating performance. Raw materials are accelerated and melted in the plasma generated by torches, creating coatings. Monitoring sensors collect process data which are combined with ex situ characterization data.
Lila Randriamananjara +8 more
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