Performance of blockchain technology on DoD tactical networks

Noah Weston; Jared Willard; Peng Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2520541

10 May 2019 Performance of blockchain technology on DoD tactical networks

Noah Weston, Jared Willard, Peng Wang

Proceedings Volume 11013, Disruptive Technologies in Information Sciences II; 110130O (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520541
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2019, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

The benefits of blockchain technology are evident in the banking industry as the underlying technology for cryptocurrencies. Recently, research has been focused on novel, non-cryptocurrency uses of blockchain for other industries such as national defense. Application of these technologies in military use cases requires special consideration of the limitations inherent to tactical military operations, namely the network communication technologies. In this work we explore the performance of blockchain technologies on network environments representative of those available in Department of Defense (DoD) tactical operations. Our experimentation with the Ethereum blockchain on a mobile network emulation reveals a series of verbose blockchain network communication protocols as well as a heavy reliance on Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) for block transfer and synchronization that may limit the effectiveness of blockchain on current DoD mobile ad hoc networks.

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Noah Weston, Jared Willard, and Peng Wang "Performance of blockchain technology on DoD tactical networks", Proc. SPIE 11013, Disruptive Technologies in Information Sciences II, 110130O (10 May 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520541

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