@inproceedings{EigelshovenUllrichBender2020,
  author    = {Eigelshoven, Felix and Ullrich, Andr{\´e} and Bender, Benedict},
  title     = {Public blockchain},
  series = {Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)- A Virtual AIS Conference},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)- A Virtual AIS Conference},
  pages     = {1 -- 19},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Blockchain has the potential to change business transactions to a major extent. Thereby, underlying consensus algorithms are the core mechanism to achieve consistency in distributed infrastructures. Their application aims for transparency and accountability in societal transactions. As a result of missing reviews holistically covering consensus algorithms, we aim to (1) identify prevalent consensus algorithms for public blockchains, and (2) address the resource perspective with a sustainability consideration (whereby we address the three spheres of sustainability). Our systematic literature review identified 33 different consensus algorithms for public blockchains. Our contribution is twofold: first, we provide a systematic summary of consensus algorithms for public blockchains derived from the scientific literature as well as real-world applications and systemize them according to their research focus; second, we assess the sustainability of consensus algorithms using a representative sample and thereby highlight the gaps in literature to address the holistic sustainability of consensus algorithms.},
  language  = {en}
}