Blockchain Evaluation Approaches: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspective
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National Research University Higher School of Economics, 101000 Moscow, Russia
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Tampere University, FI-33720 Tampere, Finland
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Brno University of Technology, 61600 Brno, Czech Republic
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Sensors 2020, 20(12), 3358; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20123358
Received: 28 April 2020 / Revised: 26 May 2020 / Accepted: 6 June 2020 / Published: 13 June 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blockchain Security and Privacy for the Internet of Things)
The present increase of attention toward blockchain-based systems is currently reaching a tipping point with the corporate focus shifting from exploring the technology potential to creating Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)-based systems. In light of a significant number of already existing blockchain applications driven by the Internet of Things (IoT) evolution, the developers are still facing a lack of tools and instruments for appropriate and efficient performance evaluation and behavior observation of different blockchain architectures. This paper aims at providing a systematic review of current blockchain evaluation approaches and at identifying the corresponding utilization challenges and limitations. First, we outline the main metrics related to the blockchain evaluation. Second, we propose the blockchain modeling and analysis classification based on the critical literature review. Third, we extend the review with publicly accessible industrial tools. Next, we analyze the selected results for each of the proposed classes and outline the corresponding limitations. Finally, we identify current challenges of the blockchain analysis from the system evaluation perspective, as well as provide future perspectives.
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Keywords:
blockchain; modeling; simulation; emulation; review
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Smetanin, S.; Ometov, A.; Komarov, M.; Masek, P.; Koucheryavy, Y. Blockchain Evaluation Approaches: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspective. Sensors 2020, 20, 3358.
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Smetanin S, Ometov A, Komarov M, Masek P, Koucheryavy Y. Blockchain Evaluation Approaches: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspective. Sensors. 2020; 20(12):3358.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSmetanin, Sergey; Ometov, Aleksandr; Komarov, Mikhail; Masek, Pavel; Koucheryavy, Yevgeni. 2020. "Blockchain Evaluation Approaches: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspective" Sensors 20, no. 12: 3358.
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