Towards fairness and decentralisation in modern cryptocurrencies

Carr, Christopher

Abstract

The thesis examines and improves upon the properties of both fairness and decentralisation
in modern cryptocurrencies, re-examining public key infrastructure, client puzzles and useful
proofs of work in the blockchain context. The thesis also develops a framework construction
for a novel directed-acyclic-graph-based cryptocurrency scheme. This framework represents
a major result, being both the first academic and practically realisable proposal for using
directed acyclic graphs in decentralised cryptocurrencies.

• Thesis Type: Thesis
• Deposit Date: Feb 25, 2020
• Keywords: Blockchain, Decentralisation, Fairness, Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Directed Graphs, Cryptography, Client Puzzles, Proof of work
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5541122
• External URL: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/130876/
• Award Date: Apr 24, 2019