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This research provides a critical analysis regarding the way blockchain is being implemented in the financial industry, highlighting its vital role in promoting green finance, guaranteeing compliance with regulations, improving supply chain…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Ishan Patwardhan , Sunil Mane , Nidhi Patel

As a technology foundation of cryptocurrencies, blockchain enables decentralized peer-to-peer trading through consensus mechanisms without the involvement of a third party. Blockchain has been regarded as an auspicious technology for future…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-18 Ahmed Refaey , Karim Hammad , Sebastian Magierowski , Ekram Hossain

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

This paper provides a brief overview of the ongoing financial revolution, which extends beyond the emergence of cryptocurrencies as a digital medium of exchange. At its core, this revolution is driven by a paradigm shift rooted in the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Naseem Alsadi

Humanitarian Engineers need innovative methods to make technological interventions for solving societal problems. The emerging blockchain technology has the enormous potential to provide effective interventions in various developmental…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-12-03 Arvind W. Kiwelekar , Sanil S. Gandhi , Laxaman D. Netak , Shankar B. Deosarkar

The world has been experiencing a mind-blowing expansion of blockchain technology since it was first introduced as an emerging means of cryptocurrency called bitcoin. Currently, it has been regarded as a pervasive frame of reference across…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Ziaur Rahman , Xun Yi , Ibrahim Khalil , Andrei Kelarev

Blockchain technology has rapidly emerged to mainstream attention, while its publicly accessible, heterogeneous, massive-volume, and temporal data are reminiscent of the complex dynamics encountered during the last decade of big data.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Poupak Azad , Cuneyt Gurcan Akcora , Arijit Khan

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

Recent years have witnessed an increasing interest in the blockchain technology, and many blockchain-based applications have been developed to take advantage of its decentralization, transparency, fault tolerance, and strong security. In…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-30 Yihao Guo , Zhiguo Wan , Xiuzhen Cheng

Since the advent of bitcoin in 2008, the concept of a blockchain has widely spread. Besides crypto currencies and trading activities, there is a wide range of potential application areas where blockchains are providing the main building…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-03-05 Luca Gambazzi , Patrick Schaller , Alain Mermoud , Vincent Lenders

The enormous power consumption of Bitcoin has led to undifferentiated discussions in science and practice about the sustainability of blockchain and distributed ledger technology in general. However, blockchain technology is far from…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-02-17 Johannes Sedlmeir , Hans Ulrich Buhl , Gilbert Fridgen , Robert Keller

Big data has generated strong interest in various scientific and engineering domains over the last few years. Despite many advantages and applications, there are many challenges in big data to be tackled for better quality of service, e.g.,…

The use of the term blockchain is documented for disparate projects, from cryptocurrencies to applications for the Internet of Things (IoT), and many more. The concept of blockchain appears therefore blurred, as it is hard to believe that…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-02-09 Lorenzo Ghiro , Francesco Restuccia , Salvatore D'Oro , Stefano Basagni , Tommaso Melodia , Leonardo Maccari , Renato Lo Cigno

A lot of business and research effort currently deals with the so called decentralised ledger technology blockchain. Putting it to use carries the tempting promise to make the intermediaries of social interactions superfluous and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-05-13 Rainer Rehak

Blockchain has received expanding interest from various domains. Institutions, enterprises, governments, and agencies are interested in Blockchain potential to augment their software systems. The unique requirements and characteristics of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-12-15 Mahdi Fahmideh , Anuradha Gunawardana , Shiping Chen , Jun Shen , Brian Yecies

Innovation in the world of today is mainly driven by software. Companies need to continuously rejuvenate their product portfolios with new features to stay ahead of their competitors. For example, recent trends explore the application of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-09-25 Christian Berger , Birgit Penzenstadler , Olaf Drögehorn

Blockchain technology has been transforming the financial industry and has created a new crypto-economy in the last decade. The foundational concepts such as decentralized trust and distributed ledger are promising for distributed, and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-09 Gowri Sankar Ramachandran , Bhaskar Krishnamachari

Blockchain technology has emerged as a transformative paradigm for decentralized and secure data management across diverse application domains, including healthcare, supply chain management, and the Internet of Things. Its core features,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Hojer Key

As an innovative technology for enhancing authenticity, security, and risk management, blockchain is being widely adopted in trade and finance systems. The unique capabilities of blockchain, such as immutability and transparency, enable new…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-02-28 Hanjie Wu , Qian Yao , Zhenguang Liu , Butian Huang , Yuan Zhuang , Huayun Tang , Erwu Liu

Blockchain technology is referred to as a very secure decentralized, distributed ledger that records the history of any digital asset. It is being used in numerous governmental and private sector organizations across numerous nations.…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Manal Mansour , May Salama , Hala Helmi , Mona Mursi