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Blockchain technology has gained tremendous popularity both in practice and academia. The goal of this article is to develop a coherent overview of the state of the art in blockchain technology, using a systematic(i.e.,protocol-based,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-11-28 Bert-Jan Butijn , Damian A. Tamburri , Willem-Jan Van Den Heuvel

Blockchains are still perceived chiefly as a new technology. But each blockchain is also a community and a social experiment, built around social consensus. Here I discuss three examples showing how collective intelligence can help, threat…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-07-13 Andrea Baronchelli

Centralization enhances the efficiency of Artificial Intelligence (AI) but also introduces critical challenges, including single points of failure, inherent biases, data privacy risks, and scalability limitations. To address these issues,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Elizabeth Lui , Rui Sun , Vatsal Shah , Xihan Xiong , Jiahao Sun , Davide Crapis , William Knottenbelt , Zhipeng Wang

As blockchain technology gains traction for enhancing data security and operational efficiency, traditional centralized authentication systems remain a significant bottleneck. This paper addresses the challenge of integrating decentralized…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Faisal Haque Bappy , Joon S. Park , Kamrul Hasan , Tariqul Islam

Since 2004, different research was handling the challenges in the centralized voting systems, e-voting protocols and recently the decentralized voting. So electronic voting puts forward some difficulties regarding the voter anonymity, the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-03-01 Nazim Faour

In this literature review, we first briefly provide an introduction on the privacy aspect of blockchain systems and why it is a difficult quality to achieve, especially using traditional methods. Next, we go over a wide range of different…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-09-28 Jad Wahab

The internet of things (IoT) and other emerging ubiquitous technologies are supporting the rapid spread of smart systems, which has underlined the need for safe, open, and decentralized data storage solutions. With its inherent…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Naseem Alsadi , Syed Zaidi , Mankaran Rooprai , Stephen A. Gadsden , John Yawney

Blockchain is a distributed database that keeps a chronologically-growing list (chain) of records (blocks) secure from tampering and revision. While computerisation has changed the nature of a ledger from clay tables in the old days to…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2016-12-20 Jan Hendrik Witte

Blockchain is a decentralised, immutable ledger technology that has been widely adopted in many sectors for various applications such as cryptocurrencies, smart contracts and supply chain management. Distributed consensus is a fundamental…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Siamak Abdi , Giuseppe Di Fatta , Atta Badii , Giancarlo Fortino

The growth of the Bitcoin network during the first decade of its operation to a global scale system is a singular event in the deployment of Information Technology systems. Can this approach serve as a wider paradigm for Information…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-28 Aggelos Kiayias

Cryptocurrencies are distributed systems that allow exchanges of native (and non-) tokens among participants. The complete historical bookkeeping and its wide availability opens up an unprecedented possibility, i.e. that of understanding…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-12-02 Nicolò Vallarano , Claudio Tessone , Tiziano Squartini

With the support of the blockchain systems, the cryptocurrency has changed the world of virtual assets. Digital games, especially those with massive multi-player scenarios, will be significantly impacted by this novel technology. However,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-06-14 Tian Min , Hanyi Wang , Yaoze Guo , Wei Cai

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

Blockchain is a radical innovation with a unique value proposition that shifts trust from institutions to algorithms. Still, the potential of blockchains remains elusive due to knowledge gaps between computer science research and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-05-06 Olga Labazova , Erol Kazan , Tobias Dehling , Tuure Tuunanen , Ali Sunyaev

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to significantly benefit or harm humanity. At present, a few for-profit companies largely control the development and use of this technology, and therefore determine its outcomes. In an effort…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-11-14 Casey Clifton , Richard Blythman , Kartika Tulusan

Blockchain technologies have overturned the digital finance industry by introducing a decentralized pseudonymous means of monetary transfer. The pseudonymous nature introduced privacy concerns, enabling various deanonymization techniques,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Juraj Mariani , Ivan Homoliak

While previously a nascent theoretical construct, decentralized autonomous organizations have grown rapidly in recent years. DAOs typically emerge around the management of decentralized financial applications and thus benefit from the rapid…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-08 Henrik Axelsen , Johannes Rude Jensen , Omri Ross

The Bitcoin digital currency appeared in 2009. Since this time, researchers and practitioners have looked under the hood of the open source Bitcoin currency, and discovered that Bitcoins Blockchain software architecture is useful for…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-03-20 J. Prpić

A decentralized online petition system enables individuals or groups to create, sign, and share petitions without a central authority. Using blockchain technology, these systems ensure the integrity and transparency of the petition process…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Jagdeep Kaur , Kevin Antony , Nikhil Pujar , Ankit Jha

Blockchain also known as a distributed ledger technology stores different transactions/operations in a chain of blocks in a distributed manner without needing a trusted third-party. Blockchain is proven to be immutable which helps for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-04-30 Danda B. Rawat , Vijay Chaudhary , Ronald Doku