arXiv · 2005.03199
Enabling Cross-chain Transactions: A Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange Protocol
Abstract
Inspired by Bitcoin, many different kinds of cryptocurrencies based on blockchain technology have turned up on the market. Due to the special structure of the blockchain, it has been deemed impossible to directly trade between traditional currencies and cryptocurrencies or between different types of cryptocurrencies. Generally, trading between different currencies is conducted through a centralized third-party platform. However, it has the problem of a single point of failure, which is vulnerable to attacks and thus affects the security of the transactions. In this paper, we propose a distributed cryptocurrency trading scheme to solve the problem of centralized exchanges, which can achieve trading between different types of cryptocurrencies. Our scheme is implemented with smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain and deployed on the Ethereum test network. We not only implement transactions between individual users, but also allow transactions between multiple users. The experimental result proves that the cost of our scheme is acceptable.
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Hangyu Tian, Kaiping Xue, Shaohua Li, Jie Xu, Jianqing Liu, Jun Zhao. 2020-05-07. Enabling Cross-chain Transactions: A Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange Protocol. https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.03199
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