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Abdelatif Hafid¹, Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid¹, Dimitrios Makrakis²

¹Department of Computer Science and Operations Research, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada.

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This study enhances sharding-based Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchains, a promising solution for scalability. Our analysis shows these protocols can achieve approximately 4000 years before failure, ensuring robust security for blockchain networks.

Keywords:

blockchain malicious nodes practical Byzantine fault tolerance probabilistic analysis proof of stake security analysis sharding-based blockchain protocols

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Area of Science:

Computer Science
Distributed Systems
Cryptography

Background:

Blockchain technology faces scalability challenges, including low throughput and high latency.
Sharding is a key solution, categorized into Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) based protocols.
Sharding-based PoS protocols offer performance improvements but introduce security concerns.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the security of sharding-based Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain protocols.
To introduce key components and consensus mechanisms (PoS, pBFT) within these protocols.
To evaluate the security limitations and potential vulnerabilities.

Main Methods:

Introduction to sharding-based PoS blockchain components.
Discussion of Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (pBFT) consensus mechanisms.
Development of a probabilistic security analysis model.

Main Results:

The probabilistic model computes the likelihood of committing a faulty block.
Security is quantified by calculating the expected years to failure.
Achieved approximately 4000 years to fail in a network of 4000 nodes, 10 shards, and 33% shard resiliency.

Conclusions:

Sharding-based PoS blockchain protocols can achieve high security levels.
The proposed probabilistic model provides a robust method for security assessment.
The findings support the viability of sharding-based PoS for scalable and secure blockchain applications.