Adaptive Shrink and Shard Architecture Design for Blockchain Storage Efficiency

Table 1

Comparison of methods.

Methods	Optimization consideration factors
	1	2	3	4	5	6
MOF-BC [33]	☑	—	—	—	—	—
Incentive Mechanism [36]	—	☑	—	—	—	—
Forkbase [37]	—	☑	☑	—	—	—
NC-DS [38]	—	☑	—	—	—	—
Segment Blockchain [39]	—	☑	—	—	—	—
IPFS [40]	—	☑	—	☑	—	—
Sia Coin, Storj, FileCoin, PPIO [41, 44–46]	—	☑	—	☑	—	—
Light Chain [42]	—	☑	—	—	—	—
Superlight [43]	—	☑	—	—	—	—
ICIStrategy [47]	—	—	—	—	☑	—
RapidChain [48]	—	—	—	—	☑	—
BC Big Data Management System [32]	—	—	—	☑	—	—
Proof of Property [34]	☑	—	—	—	—	—
Block Summarization [35]	☑	—	—	—	—	☑
AS^2BC (proposed method)	☑	☑	—	—	☑	☑