• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.297-298
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 모듈형 NVIDIA Jetson TX2 임베디드 제품에서 채굴을 통해 블록체인의 적합성 여부를 보인다. 범용성과 적합성의 평가기준은 TPS (Transactions Per Second), 블록생성시간(Block Generation Time)과 확정시간(Confirmation Time)이다. 채굴 준비 시 TX2 임베디드 제품의 특성상 하드웨어 드라이버를 자립적으로 설치 할 수 없기 때문에 HOST PC와 함께 사용하였다. HOST PC는 TX2 제품과 호환성이 높은 OS인 Ubuntu 14.04를 사용했으며, 하드웨어 드라이버 설치를 위해 NVIDIA 공식 TX2 제품 소프트웨어 중 JetPack 3.1 Release Version 을 사용하였다. 코인은 이더리움(Ethereum), 라이트코인(Litecoin)과 제트캐쉬(Zcash) 총 3종 코인으로, 채굴 시 나온 결과물로 TX2 제품에서 블록체인의 적합성 여부를 보였다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.253-263
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• 2020

Since the birth of the Ethereum in 2015, various decentralized applications (DApp) based on blockchain smart contract technology have appeared. However, CryptoKitty's case showed instability in terms of performance and scalability in real-world service environments. To solve this, a blockchain platform that developed a high transaction per second (TPS) has appeared, but there have been no environments and services to test it. Therefore, this paper intends to design and develop a game that can record the contents of all games on the chain and verify the performance and scalability of the blockchain platform through oversized transactions. The developed game generated a total of 6.3 million blocks and 8.9 million transactions through by 682 and verified the improved performance and scalability of the existing platform. Additionally, the maximum TPS was measured at 1,309 during the test period. In the future, it is expected that performance and scalability can be compared in a realistic environment through the method presented in this paper.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.85-92
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• 2024

In recent years, Bitcoin and Ethereum have witnessed a surge in trading activity, driven by venture capital investment and funding through initial coin offerings (ICOs) and initial exchange offerings (IEOs). This heightened interest has led to kickstarting a vibrant ecosystem for blockchain development. The total number of cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap.com has reached 2,274 highlights how dynamic and wide blockchain development landscape has grown. In blockchain development, new blockchain projects are being created by forking blockchains inspired by major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. These projects aim to address the perceived shortcomings and improve existing technologies. Altcoins, representing these alternative cryptocurrencies, are an ongoing industry effort to improve performance and security with enhancement proposals such as Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIP), Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIP), and EOSIO Enhancement Proposals (EEP). With competitive attempts to improve blockchain performance and security, an ongoing performance race between various blockchains has taken shape, each claiming its own performance advantages. In this paper, we describe the transactions contained in the blocks of each representative blockchain, and find the factors that affect the transactions per second (TPS) through transaction processing and block generation processes, and suggest their relationship with scalability.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.791-796
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• 2020

In this paper, "Q-Bone", a 3^rd generation blockchain platform with enhanced security and flexibility, was developed. As a 3^rd generation blockchain platform, it exploits BP (block producer) to increase processing speed. It has many advantages as follows. It improves both security and speed by mixing RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) and AES (advanced encryption standard). It improves flexibility by exploiting gateway to convert between apps and blockchain with different programming language. It increases processing speed by combining whole transactions into one block and distribute it when too many transactions occur. It improves search speed by inserting sequence hash into transaction data. It was implemented and applied to pet communication service and academy-instructor-student matching service, and it was verified to work correctly and effectively. Its processing speed is 3,357 transactions/second, which shows excellent performance.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.527-537
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to suggest an improved version of Proof-of-Nonce (PoN) algorithm, which is a distributed consensus algorithm used for block chain system. Methods: First, we used response surface method for design of experiment that is to generate experimental points considering non-linear relationship among variables. Then, we employed overlapped contour plots for visualizing the impact of control variables to performance target. Results: First, we modified the consensus procedure of the existing PoN algorithm by diminishing the content of the exchanged message. Then, we verified the performance improvement of the new PoN algorithm by performing a numerical experiment and paired t-test. Finally, we established new regression models for consensus time and Transactions per second (TPS) and proposed a method for optimizing control variables for obtaining performance target. Conclusion: We could improve the performance of the previous version of PoN algorithm by modifying the content of the exchanged message during 4-steps of consensus procedure, which might be a stepping stone for designing an efficient and effective consensus algorithm for blockchain system with dynamic operation environment.