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Data is central to the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. Most of the current IoT systems are using centralized cloud-based data sharing systems, which will be difficult to scale up to meet the demands of future IoT systems. Involvement of…
The paper proposes a Blockchain (BC) system to prevent counterfeiting in health insurance sector. The results show the system strength in terms of achieving data integrity and privacy of data. Moreover, the results show that the consensus…
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Data sharing is very important for accelerating scientific research, business innovations, and for informing individuals. Yet, concerns over data privacy, cost, and lack of secure data-sharing solutions have prevented data owners from…
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