Exploring Blockchain Performance with CPUHEAVY Microbenchmark on Smart Contracts

Beloved Egbedion, Hayden Wimmer, Carl M. Rebman

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Abstract

Blockchain is an emerging technology that has many uses and applications among many industries such as banking, education, and tourism. It has proven over time to be more cryptographically secure than traditional databases. Many people confuse Bitcoin with Blockchain. Because of the considerable value of Bitcoins, people have the perception that blockchain technology requires large computing infrastructure and power due to CPU bottleneck challenges. This paper presents the process used in testing blockchain technology performance on a virtual machine by focusing on benchmarking workloads like CPUHeavy using Ethereum blockchain and comparing two different algorithm sorts, Quick and bubble. The results of the testing indicate that blockchain workloads can be performed on smaller machines with very little CPU bottlenecks. In addition, performance test outcomes found that the CPUHeavy and Quicksort was more superior.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)305-319
Number of pages15
JournalIssues in Information Systems
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Business, Management and Accounting

Keywords

  • blockchain
  • bottlenecks
  • Ethereum
  • workloads

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