VLDB2021

SChain: A Scalable Consortium Blockchain Exploiting Intra- and Inter-Block Concurrency

Zhihao Chen, Haizhen Zhuo, Quanqing Xu, Xiaodong Qi, Chengyu Zhu, Zhao Zhang, Cheqing Jin, Aoying Zhou, Ying Yan, Hui Zhang

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Abstract

We demonstrate SChain, a consortium blockchain that scales transaction processing to support large-scale enterprise applications. The unique advantage of SChain stems from the exploitation of both intra-and inter-block concurrency. The intra-block concurrency not only takes advantage of the multi-core processor on a single peer but also leverages the capacity of multiple peers. The interblock concurrency enables simultaneous processing across multiple blocks to increase the utilization of various peers. In our demonstration, we use real-time dashboards containing visualization based on the output of SChain to give the attendees interactive explorations of how SChain achieves intra-and inter-block concurrency.