Another coin bites the dust: an analysis of dust in UTXO-based cryptocurrencies
Unspent Transaction Outputs (UTXOs) are the internal mechanism used in many cryptocurrencies to represent coins. Such representation has some clear benefits, but also entails some complexities that, if not properly handled, may leave the system in an inefficient state. Specifically, inefficiencies a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2019-01-01
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Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.180817 |