BlockSim: Bitcoin and Ethereum Simulator

Blockchain is being applied in critical sectors of society, such as: financial, health care, energy and logistics, among others. However, it lacks on proper tools to evaluate or simulate certain events or conditions. While there is a broad interest in developing blockchain systems for specific use cases, there is a lack of tools to perform their evaluation. Current evaluation methods use emulation, to deploy large number of nodes in a controlled environment and then its used tools like Hyperledger Caliper, BLOCKBENCH, or even hammer - that I developed to work with Ethereum clients....

May 19, 2020 · 4 min