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. 2018 Aug 6;18(8):2575. doi: 10.3390/s18082575

Table 8.

Consensus Algorithms.

Papers Consensus Algorithm
Sun et al. [3] not specified
Filament [59] PoElapsedTime (Fabric Sawtooth platform [115])
Slock.it [13] Ethereum-like Ethash
Zhumabekuly Aitzhan et al. [60] Bitcoin-like PoW
Axon et al. [61] Bitcoin-like PoW
Bahga et al. [62] Ethereum-like
Biswas et al. [63] Ethereum-like
Brody [64] Ethereum-like
Cha et al. [65] Ethereum-like
Conoscenti et al. [66] not specified
Dorri et al. [67,68] no PoW
Fromknecht et al. [69] Bitcoin-like PoW (CertCoin/NameCoin platform)
Ghuli et al. [70] Bitcoin-like PoW
Hardjono et al. [71] Bitcoin-like PoW
Hasheme et al. [72] Bitcoin-like PoW
Herbert et al. [73] Bitcoin-like PoW
Huh et al. [74] Ethereum-like
IBM Hyperledger [75,76] PBFT
Leiding et al. [77] depending on the underlying BC platform
Lombardi et al. [78] Ethereum-like
Munsing et al. [79] Ethereum-like
Nehaï et al. [80] PoW/PoStakeTime (Solarcoin)
Ouaddah et al. [81] not specified
IOTA (TANGLE) [83] no mining process
Prabhu et al. [84] Bitcoin-like
Shafagh et al. [85] not specified
Sikorski et al. [86] Round Robin-based
Wilkinson et al. [87] PoStorage / PoRedundancy
Wörner et al. [88] Bitcoin-like
Xu et al. [89] Ethereum-like
Zhang et al. [90] depending on the underlying BC platform
Zyskind et al. (Enigma) [91] Parent layer consensus
Deters [92] not specified
Gorilovsky et al. Moeco [93] Exonum [116] custom-built BFT (no mining)