Multi-agent based Blockchain Simulation Framework

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Alimirzaei, Fatemeh | 2022

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 55711 (02)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Advisor(s): Tefagh, Mojtaba
Abstract:
A multi-agent system is a system consisting of several intelligent agents. In fact, a multi-agent system is a system that includes a large number of agents that communicate with each other through message transmission in a network structure. Multi-agent systems can solve problems that are difficult or impossible for a single agent or an integrated system to solve. Blockchain is an example of these multi-agent systems that has many use cases in different fields for example cryptocurrencies . A blockchain is a growing ledger consisting of records called blocks. In this thesis, we want to provide tools for the simulation of this multi-agent system so that we can model the issues surrounding this field. In this simulation we model the following four components: policies that dynamically define system inputs, mechanisms that are functions that implement policy decisions, states that represent the system at given times, and metrics which calculate the state changes of the system. Our goal of this research is to build a simulator for blockchain as an example of multi-agent systems, which can be used to evaluate blockchain applications in cryptocurrencies
Keywords:
Blockchain ; Complex System ; Multiagent System ; Cryptocurrency