Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

6.

Types of Blockchains and DLTs

6.1.

Public Blockchains

6.1.1.

Characteristics

6.1.1.1.

Open Participation

6.1.1.2.

6.1.1.3.

Censorship Resistance

6.1.1.4.

Global Accessibility

6.1.2.

6.1.2.1.

Cryptocurrencies

6.1.2.2.

6.1.2.3.

Global Infrastructure

6.1.3.

Examples and Analysis

6.2.

Private Blockchains

6.2.1.

Characteristics

6.2.1.1.

Restricted Access

6.2.1.2.

Centralized Governance

6.2.1.3.

Enhanced Privacy

6.2.2.

Access Control and Governance

6.2.2.1.

Identity Management

6.2.2.2.

Permissioning Models

6.2.2.3.

Role-based Access

6.2.3.

Use Cases in Enterprise

6.2.3.1.

6.2.3.2.

6.2.3.3.

Internal Operations

6.2.4.

Benefits and Limitations

6.3.

Consortium Blockchains

6.3.1.

6.3.1.1.

6.3.1.2.

Limited Participation

6.3.1.3.

Semi-decentralized

6.3.2.

Governance by a Group

6.3.2.1.

Decision-Making Processes

6.3.2.2.

Conflict Resolution

6.3.2.3.

Voting Mechanisms

6.3.3.

6.3.3.1.

Industry Consortiums

6.3.3.2.

Regulatory Compliance

6.3.3.3.

Cross-organizational Collaboration

6.4.

Non-Blockchain DLTs

6.4.1.

Directed Acyclic Graphs

6.4.1.1.

Structure and Operation

6.4.1.2.

Consensus in DAGs

6.4.1.3.

Scalability Advantages

6.4.2.

6.4.2.1.

Transaction Validation

6.4.2.2.

Scalability Features

6.4.2.3.

IOTA Implementation

6.4.3.

6.4.3.1.

Gossip Protocol

6.4.3.2.

6.4.3.3.

Asynchronous BFT

6.4.4.

6.4.4.1.

Agent-centric Architecture

6.4.4.2.

Distributed Hash Tables

6.4.5.

6.4.5.1.

Radix Implementation

6.4.5.2.

Sharding Approach

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