Impact of consensus on appendable-block blockchain for IoT
Roben C. Lunardi, Regio A. Michelin, Charles V. Neu, Avelino F. Zorzo,, Salil S. Kanhere

TL;DR
This paper enhances an appendable-block blockchain framework for IoT by supporting multiple consensus algorithms, demonstrating through emulation that it remains efficient and scalable with low latency across various scenarios.
Contribution
The paper introduces a modular, improved appendable-block blockchain supporting different consensus algorithms tailored for IoT environments.
Findings
Latency for appending a block is under 161ms
Transaction processing delay is less than 7ms
Framework remains efficient and scalable in various scenarios
Abstract
The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming our physical world into a complex and dynamic system of connected devices on an unprecedented scale. Connecting everyday physical objects is creating new business models, improving processes and reducing costs and risks. Recently, blockchain technology has received a lot of attention from the community as a possible solution to overcome security issues in IoT. However, traditional blockchains (such as the ones used in Bitcoin and Ethereum) are not well suited to the resource-constrained nature of IoT devices and also with the large volume of information that is expected to be generated from typical IoT deployments. To overcome these issues, several researchers have presented lightweight instances of blockchains tailored for IoT. For example, proposing novel data structures based on blocks with decoupled and appendable data. However, these…
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