The evolving topology of the Lightning Network: Centralization, efficiency, robustness, synchronization, and anonymity

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About the Authors

Stefano Martinazzi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Milan, Italy

Andrea Flori

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Milan, Italy

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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