Blockstack: A global naming and storage system secured by blockchains

Proceedings of the 2016 USENIX Annual Technical Conference, USENIX ATC 2016

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 181-194

  Ali, Muneeb ^a,b   Nelson, Jude ^a,b   Shea, Ryan ^b   Freedman, Michael J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Blockstack Labs

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITCOIN; BLOCKCHAIN; DIGITAL STORAGE; NETWORK SECURITY; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS;

DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM; DESIGN TRADEOFF; NAMING SYSTEMS; NETWORK RELIABILITY; PKI SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION DATA; STORAGE SYSTEMS; TRUSTED PARTY;

PEER TO PEER NETWORKS;

EID: 85070217701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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