Adaptive and Scalable Blockchain Systems

This book systematically studies blockchain adaptability and scalability, combining theoretical analysis with practical implementation. The book provides a comprehensive exploration of blockchain adaptability and scalability solutions through six chapters. Chapter 1 introduces blockchain overviews and current scalability challenges, emphasizing the need for adaptive and scalable blockchains. Chapter 2 systematically reviews consensus protocols, from classical BFT to modern PoW, PoS, and sharding approaches, setting the theoretical foundation for subsequent chapters. Chapter 3 presents AdaptPoW, which enhances PoW blockchain adaptability and scalability through dynamic structure adjustment and efficient transaction processing. Chapter 4 presents AdaptPoS, a PoS-based system with role decoupling and filter mechanism, enabling dynamic throughput adjustment while maintaining security. Chapter 5 describes AdaptShard for sharding-based blockchains, including its transaction allocation and optimistic processing strategy for cross-shard transactions. Chapter 6 concludes with insights and future research directions.

List of contents

Introduction.- Overview of Blockchain.- Blockchain Consensus Protocols.- Adaptive and Scalable Design for Proof of Work Blockchains.- Adaptive and Scalable Design for Proof of Stake Blockchains.- Adaptive and Scalable Design for Sharding-based Blockchains.- Future Work.- Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Xiaohua Jia, Jie Xu
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 11.10.2025
• EAN: 9783031908101
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3190810-1
• No. of pages: 170
• Illustrations: X, 170 p.
• Series: Wireless Networks
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; Elektronik, Datenbanken, Blockchain, Kryptografie, Verschlüsselungstechnologie, Kybernetik und Systemtheorie, Cyber-Physical Systems, Communications Engineering, Networks, Distributed systems, Permissionless Blockchain, Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG), Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT), Blockchain Adaptability, Blockchain Scalability