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Collecting Garbage on the Blockchain

Luc Bläser, Claudio Russo, Ulan Degenbaev, Ömer S. Ağacan, Gabor Greif, Jason Ibrahim

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We present a garbage collector that is specifically designed for a WebAssembly-based blockchain, such as the Internet Computer. Applications on the blockchain implement smart contracts that may have indefinitely long lifetime and may hold substantial monetary value. This imposes a different set of requirements for garbage collection compared to traditional platforms. In this paper, we explain the differences and show how our garbage collector optimizes towards these goals.

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We present a garbage collector that is specifically designed for a WebAssembly-based blockchain, such as the Internet Computer. Applications on the blockchain implement smart contracts that may have indefinitely long lifetime and may hold substantial monetary value. This imposes a different set of requirements for garbage collection compared to traditional platforms. In this paper, we explain the differences and show how our garbage collector optimizes towards these goals.

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We present a garbage collector that is specifically designed for a WebAssembly-based blockchain, such as the Internet Computer. Applications on the blockchain implement smart contracts that may have indefinitely long lifetime and may hold substantial monetary value. This imposes a different set of requirements for garbage collection compared to traditional platforms. In this paper, we explain the differences and show how our garbage collector optimizes towards these goals.

Key concepts: Garbage, Blockchain, Garbage collection, Computer science, The Internet, Internet of Things, Set (abstract data type), Value (mathematics)

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