Blockchain; Distributed Ledger; Performance Evaluation; Hyperledger Fabric; Quorum
Abstract :
[en] Permissioned blockchains have been proposed for various use cases where a certain degree of decentralization is necessary yet enterprise~IT requirements must be met. However, their throughput remains considerably lower than that of established centralized systems. Previous studies that address permissioned blockchains' performance remain blockchain-specific, lacking a generalizable approach for locating and understanding bottlenecks. This paper presents a unified, graphical method for identifying bottlenecks in permissioned blockchains. We augment the DLPS -- an open-source benchmarking tool -- with graphical evaluation functionalities and use them to identify performance bottlenecks of Hyperledger Fabric and Quorum, two widely used permissioned blockchains with distinct architectural designs. Our work provides researchers and practitioners with a toolkit, guidelines on blockchain performance data analytics, and insights that assist with the bottleneck identification and improvement of permissioned blockchains.
Research center :
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) > FINATRAX - Digital Financial Services and Cross-organizational Digital Transformations NCER-FT - FinTech National Centre of Excellence in Research
Disciplines :
Computer science Management information systems
Author, co-author :
PAPAGEORGIOU, Orestis ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
Börtzler, Lasse; KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
ERMOLAEV, Egor ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
KUMARI, Jyoti ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
SCHÖNRICH-SEDLMEIR, Johannes ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
What Blocks My Blockchain’s Throughput? Developing a Generalizable Approach for Identifying Bottlenecks in Permissioned Blockchains
Publication date :
07 January 2025
Event name :
Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
FNR - Luxembourg National Research Fund FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche
Funding number :
16326754; 16570468; 13342933
Funding text :
Funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), grant reference 16326754 and NCER22/IS/16570468/NCER-FT, and by PayPal, PEARL grant reference 13342933/Gilbert Fridgen. For the purpose of open access and in fulfillment of the obligations arising from the grant agreement, the author has applied a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission.
