Academic Journal
Can We Run Our Ethereum Nodes at Home?
| Title: | Can We Run Our Ethereum Nodes at Home? |
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| Authors: | Mikel Cortes-Goicoechea, Tarun Mohandas-Daryanani, Jose Luis Muñoz-Tapia, Leonardo Bautista-Gomez |
| Contributors: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Enginyeria Telemàtica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Telemàtica, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ISG-MAK - Information Security Group - Mathematics Applied to Cryptography |
| Source: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) IEEE Access, Vol 12, Pp 44401-44423 (2024) |
| Publication Status: | Preprint |
| Publisher Information: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Subject Terms: | FOS: Computer and information sciences, Ordinadors, Xarxes d' -- Mesures de seguretat, Computer Science - Cryptography and Security, Xarxes d' -- Mesures de seguretat, Energia -- Consum, Proof of stake, 02 engineering and technology, Cadena de blocs (Bases de dades), Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Telemàtica i xarxes d'ordinadors, Ethereum, Computer networks -- Security measures, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Consensus clients, Social and Information Networks (cs.SI), Hardware requirements, hardware requirements, Computer Science - Social and Information Networks, Ordinadors, proof of stake, TK1-9971, Energy consumption, Blockchains (Databases), Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering, consensus clients, Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) |
| Description: | Scalability is a common issue among the most used permissionless blockchains, and several approaches have been proposed to solve this issue. Tackling scalability while preserving the security and decentralization of the network is a significant challenge. To deliver effective scaling solutions, Ethereum achieved a major protocol improvement, including a change in the consensus mechanism towards Proof of Stake. This improvement aimed a vast reduction of the hardware requirements to run a node, leading to significant sustainability benefits with a lower network energy consumption. This work analyzes the resource usage behavior of different clients running as Ethereum consensus nodes, comparing their performance under different configurations and analyzing their differences. Our results show higher requirements than claimed initially and how different clients react to network perturbations. Furthermore, we discuss the differences between the consensus clients, including their strong points and limitations. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| ISSN: | 2169-3536 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/access.2024.3381782 |
| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.2311.05252 |
| Access URL: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.05252 https://doaj.org/article/47e8eefba5564254a6f3f95ab0c1076c |
| Rights: | CC BY NC ND arXiv Non-Exclusive Distribution |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....7c01f26b115bf7afd5ea0020ed1acfca |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 21693536 |
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| DOI: | 10.1109/access.2024.3381782 |