Review on cross-chain technology research of blockchains

Chuannian SHEN

doi:10.11959/j.issn.2096-3750.2022.00301

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Review on cross-chain technology research of blockchains

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- Review on cross-chain technology research of blockchains
- Chinese Journal on Internet of Things Vol. 6, Issue 4, Pages: 183-196(2022)
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- DOI：10.11959/j.issn.2096-3750.2022.00301
  CLC： TP309
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  Published：30 December 2022
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Chuannian SHEN. Review on cross-chain technology research of blockchains[J]. Chinese Journal on Internet of Things, 2022, 6(4): 183-196.
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Chuannian SHEN. Review on cross-chain technology research of blockchains[J]. Chinese Journal on Internet of Things, 2022, 6(4): 183-196. DOI： 10.11959/j.issn.2096-3750.2022.00301.

摘要

随着区块链技术的深入发展和持续创新，适用于不同应用场景和设计需求的区块链网络应运而生，区块链的相互独立性，不可避免地形成了区块链的价值“孤岛”效应。跨链技术是实现不同区块链之间业务协同和价值流通、提高其互操作性和可扩展性的重要技术手段。首先对跨链的基本概念进行了介绍，然后对跨链的技术难点、跨链主要机制的技术特点以及跨链的安全性问题进行了详细分析，最后引出了当前跨链技术所面临的挑战，并对未来跨链技术的发展进行了展望。

Abstract

With the in-depth development and continuous innovation of blockchain technology

blockchain networks suitable for different application scenarios and design requirements have emerged as the times require

the mutual independence of blockchains inevitably forms the value island effect of the blockchain.Cross-chain technology is an important technical means to realize industrial collaboration and value circulation between different blockchains and improve their interoperability and scalability.Firstly

the basic concept of cross-chain was introduced.And then

the technical difficulties of cross-chain

the technical characteristics of the main mechanism of cross-chain

and the security of cross-chain were analyzed in detail.Finally

the challenges faced by the current cross-chain technology were introduced

and the future development of cross-chain technology was prospected.

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