Article in Journal ART-2019-14

BibliographyFalazi, Ghareeb; Khinchi, Vikas; Breitenbücher, Uwe; Leymann, Frank: Transactional properties of permissioned blockchains.
In: SICS Software-Intensive Cyber-Physical Systems.
University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology.
pp. 1-13, english.
Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, August 26, 2019.
DOI: 10.1007/s00450-019-00411-y.
Article in Journal.
CR-SchemaC.2.4 (Distributed Systems)
H.2.4 (Database Management Systems)
KeywordsBlockchains; Permissioned Blockchains; Transaction Processing; Replicated Databases; Distributed Databases
Abstract

Traditional distributed transaction processing (TP) systems, such as replicated databases, faced difficulties in getting wide adoption for scenarios of enterprise integration due to the level of mutual trust required. Ironically, public blockchains, which promised to solve the problem of mutual trust in collaborative processes, suffer from issues like scalability, probabilistic transaction finality, and lack of data confidentiality. To tackle these issues, permissioned blockchains were introduced as an alternative approach combining the positives of the two worlds and avoiding their drawbacks. However, no sufficient analysis has been done to emphasize their actual capabilities regarding TP. In this paper, we identify a suitable collection of TP criteria to analyze permissioned blockchains and apply them to a prominent set of these systems. Finally, we compare the derived properties and provide general conclusions.

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ContactGhareeb Falazi ghareeb.falazi@iaas.uni-stuttgart.de
Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Architecture of Application Systems
Entry dateAugust 27, 2019
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