A survey of blockchain: concepts, applications and challenges

Title

A survey of blockchain: concepts, applications and challenges

Creator

Taparia A.; Banu P.K.N.

Description

With the development of Bitcoin, organisations, be it businesses or institutions, are centring on leveraging Bitcoins blockchain technology to non-monetary based applications to improve efficiency of the activities. Having various benefits like anonymity, decentralised, audibility etc. Blockchain technology can be vastly implemented in various sectors other than financial too. This paper gives an overview the blockchain technology. It briefs about various technical concepts used in the blockchain, its types and where it can be used. It also discusses some proposed applications of the technology and tools or frameworks that can be used to develop such. It also presents the limitations of the technology. Copyright 2023 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Source

International Journal of Computing Science and Mathematics, Vol-17, No. 2, pp. 152-165.

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

Inderscience Publishers

Subject

blockchain; consensus protocol; hash cryptography; hyperledger; mining; PoW; proof-of-work; smart contracts

Coverage

Taparia A., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India; Banu P.K.N., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 17525055

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCSM.2023.130685

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