BigchainDB and Beyond
- 1. BigchainDB and Beyond A blockchain application stack for the cloud Dimitri De Jonghe
- 2. About me... ● ● 2008 Master micro-electronics (KULeuven) ● 2013 PhD on applying machine learning to micro- electronics design (KULeuven) ● 2014 Machine learning startups (sydelity, scriptbook) ● >2014 ascribe.io - BigchainDB ○ ascribe.io - bitcoin blockchain for online licensing ○ BigchainDB - scalable blockchain database ○ IPDB Foundation - interplanetary database, public BigchainDB for commons ○ Interledger - the internet of blockchains Micro-electronics Machinelearning Blockchain My cat ● Dimitri De Jonghe (est. 1984) I like the potential of new technologies
- 4. Decentralized Assets Scaling up Internet of Blockchains
- 10. what’s a blockchain*? *as a noun
- 17. OP_RETURN
- 20. SPOOL protocol Secure Public Online Ownership Ledger “REGISTER” Asset hash address 600 satoshi User wallet address 600 satoshi Mining fee 10000 satoshi OP_RETURN 0 satoshi + 11200 satoshi REGISTER Bitcoin transaction outputs
- 21. Everledger
- 22. Processing File System Decentralized “Database” Partly-Decentralized Applications The modern cloud application stack – with Bitcoin
- 23. too slow, too small 3 Tx/s 70 GB
- 24. We've mostly seen sandboxes... What about a planetary scale? AS17-148-22700 https://flic.kr/p/z4Y1Tz
- 25. Decentralized Assets Scaling up Internet of Blockchains
- 26. http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/11/benchmarking-cassandra-scalability-on.html Big Data Distributed Databases writes/s vs. # nodes
- 27. Two ways to scale up Big data-fy the blockchain Builds on man-decades of work Blockchain-ify big data Builds on man-centuries of work
- 28. Big data-fy the blockchain payment channels / trust lines / side chains / ... high-speed trust line slow-speed sync
- 29. Blockchain-ify big data retain big-data performance Ordering of events by PAXOS-like solver Natural ordered log of transactions add blockchain characteristics Decentralization federated voting on transactions group into blocks for speed Immutability hash on prev. blocks Append only! Assets Digital signatures and other trapdoor functions
- 31. RethinkDB Cluster Architecture BigchainDB Federation Alice Bob Blockchain consensus Byzantine actors -> quorum _________________ Big data consensus PAXOS -> strong consistency _________________
- 33. Assets with crypto-conditions Turing completeness private-publickey multi-signatures crypto-conditions smart-contracts
- 34. Assets with crypto-conditions Boolean logic with signatures Designed by the Interledger community
- 35. Throughput >1,000,000 writes/s ~100,000 transactions/s Latency <100 ms Capacity Petabytes with each node adding 48TB Query Database is fully queryable Scalability Performance increases as nodes are added Decentralization Federated Non-anonymous participation
- 36. BigchainDB trade-offs Planetary Scale Global ConsistencyFully Decentralized
- 37. Decentralization of the Cloud Proc’ing FS Dec. DB Partly Dec. Apps Proc’ing FS DB Apps Dec. Proc’ing Dec. FS Dec. DB Dec. Apps Centralized Partly Decentralized Fully Decentralized
- 38. Toward a better internet for personal data, the cultural commons, compensating creators, financial inclusiveness and more. Blockstack COALA Dyne.org Internet Archive OpenMedia UnMonastery ascribe / BigchainDB Consensys Eris Industries Protocol Labs (IPFS) SmartContract.com Synereo Tendermint Caretakers
- 39. Decentralized Assets Scaling up Internet of Blockchains
- 40. Interledger The protocol for connecting blockchains © Interledger Community
- 41. The World Will Never Agree On a Single Ledger © Interledger Community
- 43. Coding dog is sad because she can't fork! :( © Interledger Community
- 44. Learning From History © Interledger Community
- 45. Internet: Network of Networks © Interledger Community
- 46. Internet Architecture IP TCP UDP HTTP SMTP NTP RTP DNS ... FIREFOX THUNDERBIRD WHATSAPP ... PPP ETHERNET WIFI COPPER BLUETOOTH SAT © Interledger Community
- 48. Interledger Architecture ILP TRANSPORT APPLICATION LEDGER © Interledger Community
- 49. Ledgers track accounts and balances Sender RecipientLedger © Interledger Community
- 50. But not everyone is on the same ledger © Interledger Community
- 51. Connectors relay assets Connector © Interledger Community
- 52. ESCROW Transfers are escrowed L2R, executed R2L EXECUTION © Interledger Community
- 53. Paths can be short © Interledger Community
- 54. Or long © Interledger Community
- 55. Or even longer © Interledger Community
- 56. The Interledger © Interledger Community
- 57. Any ledger can join… © Interledger Community
- 58. Just by peering © Interledger Community
- 60. Spare slides
- 61. What if the connector drops it? © Interledger Community
- 62. Money would be lost Alice 100 Chloe 0 Chloe 110 Bob 0 ? 100 © Interledger Community
- 63. Escrow provides security © Interledger Community
- 64. Ledger-provided escrow reduces risk Alice 100 Escrow 0 Chloe 0 Chloe 110 Escrow 0 Bob 0 © Interledger Community
- 65. Funds are escrowed from left to right Alice 100 Escrow 0 Chloe 0 Chloe 110 Escrow 0 Bob 0 ESCROW © Interledger Community
- 66. Sender puts funds into escrow Alice 100 Escrow 0 Chloe 0 Chloe 110 Escrow 0 Bob 0 100 © Interledger Community
- 67. Connectors put funds into escrow Alice 0 Escrow 100 Chloe 0 Chloe 110 Escrow 0 Bob 0 110 © Interledger Community
- 68. Transfers are executed right to left Alice 0 Escrow 100 Chloe 0 Chloe 0 Escrow 110 Bob 0 EXECUTION © Interledger Community
- 69. Recipient signs receipt Alice 0 Escrow 100 Chloe 0 Chloe 0 Escrow 110 Bob 0 © Interledger Community
- 70. Receipt releases funds from escrow Alice 0 Escrow 100 Chloe 0 Chloe 0 Escrow 110 Bob 0 110 © Interledger Community
- 71. How does the connector get reimbursed? Alice 0 Escrow 100 Chloe 0 Chloe 0 Escrow 0 Bob 110 ? © Interledger Community
- 72. Connector gets receipt from ledger Alice 0 Escrow 100 Chloe 0 Chloe 0 Escrow 0 Bob 110 © Interledger Community
- 73. Connector passes on the receipt Alice 0 Escrow 100 Chloe 0 Chloe 0 Escrow 0 Bob 110 © Interledger Community
- 74. Receipt releases funds from escrow Alice 0 Escrow 100 Chloe 0 Chloe 0 Escrow 0 Bob 110 100 © Interledger Community
- 75. Payment is complete Alice 0 Escrow 0 Chloe 100 Chloe 0 Escrow 0 Bob 110 © Interledger Community