Blockchain Network Monitoring Solutions: A Systematic Literature Review

• Mateus Bastos UFPA
• Caio Silva UFPA
• Alan Veloso UFPA
• Jeffson Celeiro UFPA / CPQD
• Bruno Evaristo UFPA / CPQD
• José Reynaldo Formigoni CPQD
• Antônio Abelém UFPA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wblockchain.2024.3364

Abstract

Given the increased use of blockchain technologies by vertical parts of the industry, there is a need for efficient monitoring of these networks to preserve the quality of this service. This work aims to investigate and document information on monitoring systems in the literature. The results show that centralized monitoring systems predominate, with eight different modules and a variety of metrics monitored. In this way, this study presents the alternative blockchain monitoring systems present in the literature, providing valuable insights for the development of more efficient and comprehensive strategies for the area.

References

Bang, J. and Choi, M.-J. (2019). Design and Implementation of Storage System for Realtime Blockchain Netwoerk Monitoring System. In 2019 20th Asia-Pacific Network 14 Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS), pages 1–4, Matsue, Japan. IEEE.

Di Pierro, M. (2017). What is the blockchain? Computing in Science & Engineering, 19(5):92–95.

Fakhri, M., Zegre, B., Omrane, N., and Jaziri, R. (2021). SpeedChain: A framework for Monitoring and Alerting blockchain projects. In 2021 11th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS), pages 1–5, Paris, France. IEEE.

Kanga, D. B., Azzouazi, M., El Ghoumrari, M. Y., and Daif, A. (2020). Management and Monitoring of Blockchain Systems. Procedia Computer Science, 177:605–612.

Ko, K., Lee, C., Jeong, T., and Hong, J. W.-K. (2018). Design of rpc-based blockchain monitoring agent. In 2018 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), pages 1090–1095.

Lee, C., Kim, H., Maharjan, S., Ko, K., and Hong, J. W.-K. (2019). Blockchain Explorer based on RPC-based Monitoring System. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), pages 117–119, Seoul, Korea (South). IEEE.

Liu, Y., Qian, K., Wang, K., and He, L. (2022). BCmaster: A Compatible Framework for Comprehensively Analyzing and Monitoring Blockchain Systems in IoT. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 9(22):22529–22546.

Petersen, K., Vakkalanka, S., and Kuzniarz, L. (2015). Guidelines for conducting systematic mapping studies in software engineering: An update. Information and Software Technology, 64:1–18.

Sunny, F. A., Hajek, P., Munk, M., Abedin, M. Z., Satu, M. S., Efat, M. I. A., and Islam, M. J. (2022). A systematic review of blockchain applications. IEEE Access, 10:59155–59177.

Zheng, P., Zheng, Z., Luo, X., Chen, X., and Liu, X. (2018). A detailed and real-time performance monitoring framework for blockchain systems. In Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice, pages 134–143, Gothenburg Sweden. ACM.