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Blockchain has the potential to revolutionize the way we store, use, and process data. Information on most blockchains can be viewed by every node hosting the blockchain, which means that most blockchains cannot handle private data.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-10-30 Sabine Bertram , Co-Pierre Georg

The development of blockchain technology has significantly enhanced the security and transparency of personal information and transaction records. Concurrent with the advancement of blockchain technology and the emergence of the digital…

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Human genomic data carry unique information about an individual and offer unprecedented opportunities for healthcare. The clinical interpretations derived from large genomic datasets can greatly improve healthcare and pave the way for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-19 Mohammed Alghazwi , Fatih Turkmen , Joeri van der Velde , Dimka Karastoyanova

Real and effective regulation of contributions to greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants requires unbiased and truthful monitoring. Blockchain has emerged not only as an approach that provides verifiable economical interactions but also as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-23 Maria-Victoria Vladucu , Hailun Wu , Jorge Medina , Khondaker M. Salehin , Ziqian Dong , Roberto Rojas-Cessa

More than ten years ago the blockchain was acclaimed as the solution to overcome centralised trusted third parties for online payments. Through the years the crypto-movement changed and evolved, although decentralisation remained the core…

Blockchain, also coined as decentralized AI, has the potential to empower AI to be more trustworthy by creating a decentralized trust of privacy, security, and audibility. However, systematic studies on the design principle of blockchain as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Luyao Sunshine Zhang

At the heart of the Bitcoin is a blockchain protocol, a protocol for achieving consensus on a public ledger that records bitcoin transactions. To the extent that a blockchain protocol is used for applications such as contract signing and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-07-28 Joseph Y. Halpern , Rafael Pass

Blockchain is a decentralized, distributed ledger technology that ensures transparency, security, and immutability through cryptographic techniques. However, advancements in quantum computing threaten the security of classical cryptographic…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Nicholas J. C. Papadopoulos

Bitcoin is the first successful decentralized global digital cash system. Its mining process requires intense computational resources, therefore its usefulness remains a disputable topic. We aim to solve three problems with Bitcoin and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-08-25 Alexander Chepurnoy , Mario Larangeira , Alexander Ojiganov

Blockchain technology can play a vital role in the space industry and exploration. This magic technology can provide decentralized and secure techniques for processing and manipulating space resources as space digital tokens. Tokenizing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-02 Mohamed Torky , Tarek Gaber , Aboul Ella Hassanien

Blockchain is a technological innovation that has the potential to radically change our financial markets by providing an alternative management approach to the "promise market", which is the foundation of our financial systems. Its…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2025-03-25 Nicola Borri

Blockchain is relatively a new area of research. However, a surge of research studies on the blockchain has taken place in recent years. These research studies have mostly focused on designing and developing conceptual frameworks to build…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Iyolita Islam , Kazi Md. Munim , Shahrima Jannat Oishwee , A. K. M. Najmul Islam , Muhammad Nazrul Islam

The concept of smart grid has been introduced as a new vision of the conventional power grid to figure out an efficient way of integrating green and renewable energy technologies. In this way, Internet-connected smart grid, also called…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-05-14 Muhammad Baqer Mollah , Jun Zhao , Dusit Niyato , Kwok-Yan Lam , Xin Zhang , Amer M. Y. M. Ghias , Leong Hai Koh , Lei Yang

Blockchain technology has emerged as a disruptive force with transformative potential across numerous industries, promising efficient and automated solutions that can revolutionize traditional systems. By leveraging decentralized ledger…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-11-15 Md. Raisul Hasan Shahrukh , Md. Tabassinur Rahman , Nafees Mansoor

Blockchain has made an impact on today's technology by revolutionizing the financial industry in its utilization on cryptocurrency and the features it provided on decentralization. With the current trend of pursuing the decentralized…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Javad Zarrin , Phang Hao Wen , Lakshmi Babu Saheer , Bahram Zarrin

The Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing human life with the idea of interconnecting everyday used devices (Things) and making them smart. By establishing a communication network between devices, the IoT system aids in automating…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-28 Abbas Saleminezhadl , Manuel Remmele , Ravikumar Chaudhari , Rasha Kashef

Decentralization, immutability and transparency make of Blockchain one of the most innovative technology of recent years. This paper presents an overview of solutions based on Blockchain technology for multi-agent robotic systems, and…

In construction, BIM (Building Information Modeling) promises to increase quality of data and to provide a shared, uniform view to all parties. While BIM tools and exchange formats exist, the distribution and safeguarding of data is an…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Michael Kuperberg , Matthias Geipel

The rise of blockchain technologies has given a boost to social good projects, which are trying to exploit various characteristic features of blockchains: the quick and inexpensive transfer of cryptocurrency, the transparency of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-11-09 Massimo Bartoletti , Tiziana Cimoli , Livio Pompianu , Sergio Serusi

Access to the system resources. The current access control systems face many problems, such as the presence of the third-party, inefficiency, and lack of privacy. These problems can be addressed by blockchain, the technology that received…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-08-23 Sara Rouhani , Ralph Deters