The Effect of Network Topology on Credit Network Throughput

Vibhaalakshmi Sivaraman, Weizhao Tang, Shaileshh Bojja Venkatakrishnan, Giulia Fanti, Mohammad Alizadeh

Abstract: The global economy relies on digital transactions between entities who do not trust one another. Today, such transactions are handled by intermediaries who extract fees (e.g., credit card providers). A natural question is how to build financial systems that limit the need for such middlemen.