MetaShard: a novel sharding blockchain platform for metaverse applications

• Main Authors: Nguyen, Cong T., Hoang, Dinh Thai, Nguyen, Diep N., Xiao, Yong, Niyato, Dusit, Dutkiewicz, Eryk
• Other Authors: School of Computer Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Blockchain; Metaverse
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171803
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Due to its security, transparency, and flexibility in verifying virtual assets, blockchain has been identified as one of the key technologies for Metaverse. Unfortunately, blockchain-based Metaverse faces serious challenges such as massive resource demands, scalability, and security/privacy concerns...