Compression of bitcoin blockchain

The blockchain provides an immutable, transparent, and decentralized method for data storage.However, as the volume of data gradually increases, the public blockchain system requires significant storage space.The bitcoin block's structure was analyzed.A method was introduced to compress the siz...

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Main Authors: Xiaojiao CHEN, Xianzheng LIN, Nenghai YU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: POSTS&TELECOM PRESS Co., LTD 2021-02-01
Series:网络与信息安全学报
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Online Access:http://www.cjnis.com.cn/thesisDetails#10.11959/j.issn.2096-109x.2021008
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Summary:The blockchain provides an immutable, transparent, and decentralized method for data storage.However, as the volume of data gradually increases, the public blockchain system requires significant storage space.The bitcoin block's structure was analyzed.A method was introduced to compress the size of transactions in the bitcoin blockchain by encoding specific fields.Experiment shows that the proposed method can reduce the storage space of the bitcoin blockchain by 18.13%.
ISSN:2096-109X