Secure and Scalable Decentralized Computing for General-Purpose Workloads
Event details
| Date | 05.07.2018 |
| Hour | 10:00 › 12:00 |
| Speaker | Ceyhun Alp |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
EDIC candidacy exam
Exam president: Prof. Jean-Pierre Hubaux
Thesis advisor: Prof. Bryan Ford
Co-examiner: Prof. Katerina Argyraki
Abstract
Smart contracts are arbitrary user-defined programs that are executed securely and autonomously on a blockchain through a distributed consensus mechanism. As blockchain technologies have recently gained great popularity, smart contracts are envisioned to be the instrument for building decentralized applications in various domains. Despite their popularity, smart contracts have several technical limitations that hinder their widespread adoption. In this proposal, we describe three recent works that address some of the fundamental technical challenges in the distributed ledger and smart contract systems. By adopting techniques from previous works, we propose a secure and scalable decentralized computing platform for users to define and execute general-purpose workloads.
Background papers
OmniLedger: A Secure, Scale-Out, Decentralized Ledger via Sharding, by Kokoris-Kogias E., et al.
Chainspace: A Sharded Smart Contracts Platform, by Al-Bassam M., et al.
Town Crier: An Authenticated Data Feed for Smart Contracts, by Zhang F. et al.
Exam president: Prof. Jean-Pierre Hubaux
Thesis advisor: Prof. Bryan Ford
Co-examiner: Prof. Katerina Argyraki
Abstract
Smart contracts are arbitrary user-defined programs that are executed securely and autonomously on a blockchain through a distributed consensus mechanism. As blockchain technologies have recently gained great popularity, smart contracts are envisioned to be the instrument for building decentralized applications in various domains. Despite their popularity, smart contracts have several technical limitations that hinder their widespread adoption. In this proposal, we describe three recent works that address some of the fundamental technical challenges in the distributed ledger and smart contract systems. By adopting techniques from previous works, we propose a secure and scalable decentralized computing platform for users to define and execute general-purpose workloads.
Background papers
OmniLedger: A Secure, Scale-Out, Decentralized Ledger via Sharding, by Kokoris-Kogias E., et al.
Chainspace: A Sharded Smart Contracts Platform, by Al-Bassam M., et al.
Town Crier: An Authenticated Data Feed for Smart Contracts, by Zhang F. et al.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Contact
- EDIC - [email protected]