Great Academic Working Paper that systematically analyzes the Trade-offs between various DLT Implementations

Trade-Offs between Distributed Ledger Technology Characteristics

Mind the Gap: Trade-Offs Between Distributed
Ledger Technology Characteristics
(Working Paper)
Niclas Kannengießer
Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe,
Germany, niclas.kannengiesser@kit.edu
Blockchain Center EU, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
Sebastian Lins
Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe,
Germany, sebastian.lins@kit.edu
Tobias Dehling
Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe,
Germany, dehling@kit.edu
Ali Sunyaev
Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe,
Germany, sunyaev@kit.edu
ABSTRACT
When developing peer-to-peer applications on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), a
crucial decision is the selection of a suitable DLT design (e.g., Ethereum) because it is hard
to change the underlying DLT design post hoc. To facilitate the selection of suitable DLT
designs, we review DLT characteristics and identify trade-offs between them. Furthermore,
we assess how DLT designs account for these trade-offs and we develop archetypes for
DLT designs that cater to specific quality requirements. The main purpose of our article is
to introduce scientific and practical audiences to the intricacies of DLT designs and to
support development of viable applications on DLT.