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From IOTA Tangle 2.0 to Rebased: A Comparative Analysis of Decentralization, Scalability, and Suitability for IoT Applications.

Pierre Sedi Nzakuna, Vincenzo Paciello, Aimé Lay-Ekuakille, Angelo Kuti Lusala, Salvatore Dello Iacono, Antonio Pietrosanto

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Pierre Sedi NzakunaDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-1799-4667
Vincenzo PacielloDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9284-1741
Aimé Lay-EkuakilleDepartment of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1762-419X
Angelo Kuti LusalaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Polytechnic Faculty, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa XI BP 127, Democratic Republic of the Congo.ORCID 0009-0007-2177-0185
Salvatore Dello IaconoDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, 25121 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3749-0360
Antonio PietrosantoDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5593-7325

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) demands scalable, secure, and feeless distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) to enable seamless machine-to-machine transactions. The IOTA DLT was developed to fulfill this vision through its feeless Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) named the Tangle, whose announced upgrade to IOTA 2.0 promised feeless microtransactions and coordinator-free (Coordicide) decentralization via a Nakamoto Consensus mechanism and a Mana anti-spam system. However, its delayed decentralization and scalability limitations hindered ecosystem growth and practical IoT adoption, leading to a new ledger architecture named IOTA Rebased. This paper critically analyzes this architectural pivot and its implications for IoT applications, contrasting the abandoned IOTA 2.0 protocol-a leaderless, feeless DAG designed for the IoT-with the adoption of a Move Virtual Machine-based, object-oriented ledger secured by a Delegated Proof-of-Stake consensus via the Mysticeti protocol in IOTA Rebased. We evaluate IOTA Rebased trade-offs: enhanced programmability and speed versus compromised IoT suitability due to fees, and explore mitigation strategies such as sponsored transactions, lightweight clients, and hierarchical tiered transaction architecture to align IOTA Rebased with IoT environments where microtransactions are prevalent. A use case analysis is provided for the integration of IOTA Rebased in IoT scenarios. This study underscores the tension between technological innovation and decentralization, offering insights for balancing scalability with the unique demands of the IoT.

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blockchaindirected acyclic graphdistributed ledger technologiesInternet of ThingsIOTA

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PMID40968950
PMCPMC12157984

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