Proof-of-Stake for Blockchain Networks

Cong T. Nguyen is a researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Fundamental and Applied Sciences and the Faculty of Information Technology, Duy Tan University, Vietnam. His research interests include blockchain technology, game theory, optimization, and operational research. He received his BS degree from Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany, MS degree from Technical University Berlin, Germany, and PhD degree from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia.Dinh Thai Hoang is a faculty member of the School of Electrical and Data Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. His research interests include emerging wireless communications and networking topics, especially machine learning applications in networking, edge computing, and cybersecurity. He has received several awards, including ARC DECRA, IEEE TCSC Award, and IEEE TCI Rising Star Award. He is an editor of IEEE TWC, IEEE TMC, IEEE TCCN, IEEE TVT, and IEEE COMST.Diep N. Nguyen is the Director of the Agile Communications and Computing Group, and the Director of Transnational Education, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. His research interests include mobile computing, computer networking, and machine-learning applications, with emphasis on systems' performance and security/privacy. He is a senior member of the IEEE, serving on Editorial Boards of the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, and IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society.Eryk Dutkiewicz is the head of the School of Electrical and Data Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He has a joint professor appointment at Hokkaido University in Japan. He is also co-director of the UTS-VNU Joint Research Centres in Hanoi and in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is a co-author of over 400 publications and 19 patent filings. His current research interests include 5G/6G communications and IoT systems and networks.Loi Luu is founder of Caliber Ventures, a venture studio that helps build new blockchain startups with talented founders around the world. He previously founded Kyber Network, one of the earliest and popular on-chain decentralised trading protocols for cryptocurrencies, in 2017 and still serves as chairman of the board. He was selected in the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Asia, and Top 10 Innovators under 35 for Asia Pacific by MIT Technology Reviews. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore, where he worked to improve base technical layers, namely decentralisation, scalability and security for the public blockchain infrastructure.Robert Joyce is the Head of Customer Strategy and Innovation for nbn Australia. He has 25+ years in telecommunications working for operators and vendors around the globe. Prior to joining nbn, he was Chief Technology Officer for Nokia in Australia and New Zealand, and, prior to that, Head of Radio Access Technologies for Qatar's Ooredoo Group where he oversaw the launch of the world's first 5G network in May 2018. He has published numerous academic papers on mobile communications and holds a PhD in "Self-Organising Heterogeneous Networks" from the University of Leeds, UK.

• Chapter 1: Blockchain fundamentalChapter 2: Consensus mechanismsChapter 3: Basic Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanismsChapter 4: Blockchain-based content caching toward 6G networksChapter 5: PoS-based blockchain-assisted UAV networksChapter 6: Leveraging Proof-of-Stake to mitigate frauds in mobile roaming managementChapter 7: Trading and wealth evolution in the Proof of Stake protocolChapter 8: Proof-of-Stake blockchain security against quantum computingChapter 9: Summarizing Proof-of-Stake mechanisms and their practical deployments: applications, attacks, solutions, and future directions