• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems
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Scalable Blockchain Storage Model Based on DHT and IPFS

Vol. 16, No. 7, July 31, 2022
10.3837/tiis.2022.07.009, Download Paper (Free):

Abstract

Blockchain is a distributed ledger that combines technologies such as cryptography, consensus mechanism, peer-to-peer transmission, and time stamping. The rapid development of blockchain has attracted attention from all walks of life, but storage scalability issues have hindered the application of blockchain. In this paper, a scalable blockchain storage model based on Distributed Hash Table (DHT) and the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) was proposed. This paper introduces the current research status of the scalable blockchain storage model, as well as the basic principles of DHT and the InterPlanetary File System. The model construction and workflow are explained in detail. At the same time, the DHT network construction mechanism, block heat identification mechanism, new node initialization mechanism, and block data read and write mechanism in the model are described in detail. Experimental results show that this model can reduce the storage burden of nodes, and at the same time, the blockchain network can accommodate more local blocks under the same block height.


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[IEEE Style]
L. Chen, X. Zhang, Z. Sun, "Scalable Blockchain Storage Model Based on DHT and IPFS," KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 2286-2304, 2022. DOI: 10.3837/tiis.2022.07.009.

[ACM Style]
Lu Chen, Xin Zhang, and Zhixin Sun. 2022. Scalable Blockchain Storage Model Based on DHT and IPFS. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, 16, 7, (2022), 2286-2304. DOI: 10.3837/tiis.2022.07.009.

[BibTeX Style]
@article{tiis:25842, title="Scalable Blockchain Storage Model Based on DHT and IPFS", author="Lu Chen and Xin Zhang and Zhixin Sun and ", journal="KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems", DOI={10.3837/tiis.2022.07.009}, volume={16}, number={7}, year="2022", month={July}, pages={2286-2304}}