With the introduction of the term blockchain in 2008, its interest has been increasing in the community since the idea was coined. The reason for this interest is because it provides anonymity, security and integrity without any central third party organisation in control of data and transaction. It has attracted huge interest in research areas due to its advances in various platforms, limitations and challenges. There are various Distributed Ledger Technologies that demonstrates their special features which overcome limitations of other platforms. However, implementations of various distributed ledger technologies differ substantially based on their data structures, consensus protocol and fault tolerant among others. Due to these variations, they have a quite different cost, performance, latency and security. In this paper, working and in-depth comparison of major distributed ledger technologies including their special features, strengths and weaknesses is presented and discussed by identifying various criteria.
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自2008年引入区块链术语以来,它的吸引力一直在社区中增加。引起关注的原因是提供匿名性、安全性和完整性,而不需要任何中央第三方机构控制数据和交易。它在研究领域引起了巨大的兴趣,因为它在各种平台上提出了进步,限制和挑战。有各种分布式账本技术展示了它们的特殊功能,克服了其他平台的限制。但是,基于它们的数据结构、共识协议和容错等因素,各种分布式账本技术的实现差异很大。由于这些变化,它们的成本、性能、延迟和安全性都有很大的不同。本文通过识别各个标准,提供并讨论主要分布式账本技术的工作和深入比较,包括它们的特殊功能、优点和缺点。