Skimping on Gas – Reducing Ethereum Transaction Costs in a Blockchain Electricity Market Application

Jussi Hukkinen, Juri Mattila, Kari Smolander, Timo Seppälä, Tobias Goodden

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Abstract

In recent years, information systems have not been largely evaluated by their operating costs, but mainly by their strategic benefit and competitive advantage. As blockchain-based decentralized applications become more commonplace, representing a shift towards fully consumption-based distributed computing, a new mode of thinking is required of developers, with meticulous attention to computational resource efficiency. This study improves on a blockchain application designed for conducting microtransactions of electricity in a nanogrid environment. By applying the design science research methodology, we improve the efficiency of the application’s smart contract by 11%, with further improvement opportunities identified. Despite the results, we find the efficiency remains inadequate for public Ethereum deployment. From the optimization process, we extrapolate a set of general guidelines for optimizing the efficiency of Ethereum smart contracts in any application.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Subtitle of host publicationHICSS 2019
PublisherHawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Pages6875-6884
ISBN (Electronic)978-0-9981331-2-6
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jan 2019
MoE publication typeA4 Conference publication
EventAnnual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Grand Wailea, United States
Duration: 8 Jan 201911 Jan 2019
Conference number: 52

Conference

ConferenceAnnual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Abbreviated titleHICSS
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityGrand Wailea
Period08/01/201911/01/2019

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • Design Science
  • Ethereum
  • Nanogrid
  • Smart Contract

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