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This is an exploration of Blockchain technology that is growing in popularity and it seems to be able to disrupt a plethora of industries. A research is being conducted to examine Blockchain potential to be adopted by enterprises from…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-12-14 Theodosis Mourouzis , Chrysostomos Filipou

Bitcoin's success has led to significant interest in its underlying components, particularly Blockchain technology. Over 10 years after Bitcoin's initial release, the community still suffers from a lack of clarity regarding what properties…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-09-30 Scott Ruoti , Ben Kaiser , Arkady Yerukhimovich , Jeremy Clark , Robert Cunningham

Blockchain technology has recently gained widespread attention by media, businesses, public sector agencies, and various international organizations, and it is being regarded as potentially even more disruptive than the Internet. Despite…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-06-12 Karim Sultan , Umar Ruhi , Rubina Lakhani

Blockchain technology transformed the digital sphere by providing a transparent, secure, and decentralized platform for data security across a range of industries, including cryptocurrencies and supply chain management. Blockchain's…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Bilash Saha , Md Mehedi Hasan , Nafisa Anjum , Sharaban Tahora , Aiasha Siddika , Hossain Shahriar

Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) are being touted to revolutionise digital services - through decentralisation. Cryptocurrencies, self-sovereign identities, decentralised certificate registries, and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-11-01 Joshua Ellul , Gordon Pace

Blockchain technology has emerged as a necessity for the decentralization of payment methods and transactions, but it has brought with it many properties of distributed systems that have made it a crucial technology for overcoming some of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-03-25 M. Witter , A. Rodrigo De Vit

Much has been written about the likely impact of blockchain technology. Early scholarship on this topic has focused on the legal and financial implications of virtual currencies which is based on blockchain technology. Rapid introduction…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Lawrence J. Trautman , Mason J. Molesky

Blockchain is an emerging technology that enables new forms of decentralized software architectures, where distributed components can reach agreements on shared system states without trusting a central integration point. Blockchain provides…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Xiwei Xu , Cesare Pautasso , Sin Kuang Lo , Liming Zhu , Qinghua Lu , Ingo Weber

This article surveys blockchain-based approaches for several security services. These services include authentication, confidentiality, privacy, and access control list (ACL), data and resource provenance, and integrity assurance. All these…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-10-23 Tara Salman , Maede Zolanvari , Aiman Erbad , Raj Jain , Mohammed Samaka

Blockchain as a digital ledger for keeping records of digital transactions and other information, it is secure and decentralized technology. The globally growing number of digital population every day possesses a significant threat to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Naresh Kshetri , James Hutson , Revathy G

Blockchain is a linearly linked, distributed, and very robust data structure. Originally proposed as part of the Bitcoin distributed stack, it found a number of applications in a number of fields, most notably in smart contracts, social…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-13 Georgios Drakopoulos , Michail Marountas , Xenophon Liapakis , Giannis Tzimas , Phivos Mylonas , Spyros Sioutas

The presented work continues the line of recent distributed computing communityefforts dedicated to the theoretical aspects of blockchains. This paper is the rst tospecify blockchains as a composition of abstract data types all together…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-15 Emmanuelle Anceaume , Antonella Del Pozzo , Romaric Ludinard , Maria Potop-Butucaru , Sara Tucci-Piergiovanni

Blockchain is an emerging digital technology allowing ubiquitous financial transactions among distributed untrusted parties, without the need of intermediaries such as banks. This article examines the impact of blockchain technology in…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-08-21 Andreas Kamilaris , Agusti Fonts , Francesc X. Prenafeta-Boldu

The Blockchain technology was initially adopted to implement various cryptocurrencies. Currently, Blockchain is foreseen as a general purpose technology with a huge potential in many areas. Blockchain-based applications have inherent…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Emanuel E. Bessa , Joberto S. B. Martins

Access control is a crucial part of a system's security, restricting what actions users can perform on resources. Therefore, access control is a core component when dealing with e-Health data and resources, discriminating which is available…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-04-15 João Pedro Dias , Luís Reis , Hugo Sereno Ferreira , Ângelo Martins

In the contemporary era, biodiversity conservation emerges as a paramount challenge, necessitating innovative approaches to monitoring, preserving, and enhancing the natural world. This paper explores the integration of blockchain…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Kostas Kryptos Chalkias , Angelos Kostis , Ali Alnuaimi , Peter Knez , John Naulty , Allen Salmasi , Ryan Servatius , Rodrigo Veloso

Blockchains have become immensely popular and are high on the list of national and international research and innovation agenda's. This is partly caused by the numerous interesting applications, combined with the promise of full…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-03-03 Maarten van Steen , Andrew Chien , Patrick Eugster

The rise of blockchain technology within a few years has attracted researchers across the world. The prime reason for worldwide attention is undoubtedly due to its feature of immutability along with the decentralized approach of data…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Saqib Hakak , Wazir Zada Khan , Gulshan Amin Gilkar , Basem Assiri , Mamoun Alazab , Sweta Bhattacharya , G Thippa Reddy

Blockchain is gaining extensive attention due to its provision of secure and decentralized resource sharing manner. However, the incumbent blockchain systems also suffer from a number of challenges in operational maintenance, quality…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-04-07 Zibin Zheng , Hong-Ning Dai , Jiajing Wu

Precision, validity, reliability, timeliness, availability, and granularity are the desired characteristics for data and information systems. However due to the desired trait of data mutability, information systems have inherently lacked…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-10-20 Jared Newell , Quazi Mamun , Sabih ur Rehman , Md Zahidul Islam