Communicating with low latency peers: Building a low latency overlay in P2P networks

In decentralized applications requirements on latency are high. For instance, in trading<br/>applications a millisecond latency advantage can save companies millions of dollars. In<br/>this thesis a design is proposed for an overlay in a decentralized peer-to-peer system<br/>that lowers the latency between connected peers. The overlay is...

A Blockchain Consensus Protocol With Horizontal Scalability

Blockchain systems have the potential to decentralise many traditionally centralised systems. However, scalability remains a key challenge. Without a horizontally scalable solution, where performance increases by adding more nodes to the system, blockchain systems remain unsuitable for ubiquitous use. We design a novel blockchain system called...