Journal of Industrial Convergence (산업융합연구)

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A Scalability based Energy Model for Sustainability of Blockchain Networks

블록체인 네트워크의 지속 가능성을 위한 확장성 기반 에너지 모델

  • Seung Hyun Jeon (Dept. of Computer Engineering, Daejeon University) ;
  • Bokrae Jung (Dept. of Information Communication Engineering, Sunkyul University)
  • 전승현 (대전대학교 컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 정복래 (성결대학교 정보통신공학과)
  • Received : 2023.06.23
  • Accepted : 2023.08.20
  • Published : 2023.08.28
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Abstract

Blockchains have recently struggled to design for the ideal distributed trust networks by solving scalability trilemma. However, local conflicts between some countries lead to imbalance on energy distribution. Besides, blockchain networks (e.g., Bitcoin) currently consume enormous energy for transaction and mining. The existing data volume based trust model evaluated an increasing blockchain size better than Lubin's trust model in scalability trilemma. In this paper, we propose a scalability based energy model to evaluate sustainability for blockchain networks, considering energy consumption for transaction, time duration, and the blockchain size of growing blockchain networks. Through the rigorous numerical analysis, we compare the proposed scalability based energy model with the existing model for the satisfaction and optimal blockchain size. Thus, the scalability based energy model will provide an assessment tool to choose the proper blockchain networks to solve scalability trilemma problem and prove sustainability.

최근 블록체인은 트릴레마를 해결하기 위해 이상적인 분산 신뢰 네트워크를 설계하려고 노력했다. 그러나 일부 국가간 분쟁으로 에너지 분배의 불균형이 발생했고, 현재 비트코인과 같은 블록체인 네트워크가 거래와 채굴을 위해 엄청난 에너지를 소비하고 있다. 기존 연구인 데이터 볼륨 기반 신뢰 모델은 루빈 방식의 신뢰 모델보다 증가하는 블록체인 크기를 더 잘 평가했다. 본 논문에서는 성장하는 블록체인 네트워크의 존속시간, 블록체인 크기 및 거래를 위해 소모된 에너지를 고려하여 블록체인 네트워크의 지속 가능성을 평가하는 확장성 기반 에너지 모델을 제안한다. 또한 수학적 분석을 통해 제안 모델과 기존 모델에 대한 만족도와 최적의 블록체인 크기를 비교한다. 그러므로 제안된 확장성 기반 에너지 모델은 트릴레마를 해결하고 지속 가능성을 검증하는 적절한 블록체인 네트워크를 선택할 수 있는 평가 툴을 제공할 것이다.

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