Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a framework for simulating the operation of a blockchain system. Simulation may produce quantitative, practical estimates of how varying certain aspects of the system's design affects its performance, cost, and/or other metrics of interest. Some embodiments provide a unified simulation framework which enables designers and operators to use the data produced from one test or model in another, and allowing the system's parameters and/or protocol to be optimized relative to one or more objective functions.
Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a framework for simulating the operation of a blockchain system. Simulation may produce quantitative, practical estimates of how varying certain aspects of the system's design affects its performance, cost, and/or other metrics of interest. Some embodiments provide a unified simulation framework which enables designers and operators to use the data produced from one test or model in another, and allowing the system's parameters and/or protocol to be optimized relative to one or more objective functions.