Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 219)

✍ Scribed by Srikanta Patnaik (editor), Tao-Sheng Wang (editor), Tao Shen (editor), Sushanta Kumar Panigrahi (editor)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 244
• Edition: 1st ed. 2021
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This edited book provides a platform to bring together researchers, academia and industry collaborators to exchange their knowledge and work to develop better understanding about the scope of blockchain technology in business management applications of different sectors such as retail sector, supply chain and logistics, healthcare sector, manufacturing sector, judiciary, finance and government sector in terms of data quality and timeliness. The book presents original unpublished research papers on blockchain technology and business management on novel architectures, prototypes and case studies.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Editorial
Contents
About the Editors
1 Introduction to Blockchain Evolution, Architecture and Application with Use Cases
1.1 Layman's Introduction to Blockchain
1.2 The Blockchain Technology
1.3 Types of Blockchain
1.4 Evolution of Blockchain
1.4.1 Blockchain 1.0: Programmable Money and Cryptocurrencies
1.4.2 Blockchain 2.0: Smart Contracts
1.4.3 Blockchain 3.0: Decentralised Web
1.5 Ledger System for Blockchain
1.5.1 Centralized Ledger Systems
1.5.2 Distributed Ledger Systems
1.6 Layers of Blockchain
1.6.1 Hardware or Infrastructure Layer
1.6.2 Data Layer
1.6.3 Network Layer
1.6.4 Consensus Layer
1.6.5 Application Layer
1.7 Use Cases and Applications of Blockchain
1.8 Development Tools for Blockchain
1.9 Summary
References
2 Blockchain: A Technology in Search of Legitimacy
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Theoretical Background
2.3 Research Design and Methodology
2.4 Results
2.5 Discussion and Conclusion
References
3 Using Blockchain in Intermittently Connected Network Environments
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Overview of Delay Tolerant Networks
3.2.1 Features
3.2.2 Architecture
3.2.3 Routing
3.2.4 Applications
3.3 Rudimentary Elements of Blockchain
3.3.1 Blocks
3.3.2 Transaction
3.3.3 Mining
3.3.4 Ethereum and Smart Contracts
3.4 Integration of Blockchain Technology with DTNs
3.4.1 System Components
3.4.2 Generation and Transmission of Shelter Needs
3.4.3 Need Validation and Creation of Local Blockchain
3.4.4 Block Conversion Through API
3.4.5 Mining Blocks and Deploying to Global Blockchain
3.5 Open Research Areas
3.6 Conclusion
References
4 Slaying the Crypto Dragons: Towards a CryptoSure Trust Model for Crypto-economics
4.1 Introduction: Blockchain and the Right to Be Forgotten
4.2 The New ‘Crypto-economy’—A Fraudsters’ Playground?
4.3 Blockchain: Sceptical ICT Professionalism and Legal Due Diligence
4.4 The Need for Trusted Third Parties and for Probative Electronic Evidence
4.5 Towards a CryptoSure Trust Model for Crypto-economics
4.6 Conclusions: Blockchain Versus Trust—The Expert Issues in Disputes Over Crypto Assets
5 Decentralized Governance for Smart Contract Platform Enabling Mobile Lite Wallets Using a Proof-of-Stake Consensus Algorithm
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Preliminaries for Qtum Decentralized Blockchain Governance
5.3 Qtum Basic Requirement Sets for Decentralized Governance
5.3.1 UTXO Versus Account Model
5.3.2 Consensus Management
5.3.3 Mutualized Proof-of-Stake
5.3.4 AAL and EVM Integration
5.4 Scalability Extension of the Virtual Machine Through Decentralized Governance
5.4.1 Qtum Transaction Processing Using Virtual Machine
5.4.2 Decentralised Governance Protocol
5.5 Qtum Account Abstraction Layer
5.6 Discussion of the Technical Governance Realization
5.6.1 Hard fork Update
5.6.2 Qtum X86 Virtual Machine
5.7 Conclusions
References
6 Blockchain Technology: Security and Privacy Issues
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Distributed Ledger Technology
6.2.1 Blockchain Benefits
6.2.2 How Blockchain Works
6.2.3 Consensus Algorithms
6.3 Blockchain Pros and Cons
6.4 Applications of Blockchain
6.4.1 Blockchain 1.0
6.4.2 Blockchain 2.0
6.5 Blockchain Security Issues
6.5.1 Cryptojacking Attacks
6.5.2 51% Attack
6.5.3 Smart Contract Attacks
6.6 Discussion
6.6.1 Voting and Blockchain
6.6.2 Energy and Blockchain
6.6.3 Web 3.0 and Blockchain
6.7 Conclusions
References
7 Personal Data Protection in Blockchain with Zero-Knowledge Proof
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Related Works
7.3 Background About Blockchain
7.4 Personal Data Protection and Blockchain
7.5 Zero-Knowledge Proof on Blockchain
7.5.1 Zerocoin Protocol
7.5.2 Zerocash Protocol
7.5.3 Zcash and Zk-SNARK
7.6 Conclusion
References
8 Design and Verification of Privacy Patterns for Business Process Models
8.1 Introduction
8.2 A Privacy-Aware System Using Blockchain
8.2.1 Scenario: A Cloud-Based Order System
8.3 GDPR Verification
8.3.1 Design Time Verification
8.3.2 Runtime Verification
8.4 Experimental Results
8.4.1 Evaluation of Design Time Verification
8.4.2 Evaluation of Runtime Verification
8.5 Conclusion
References
9 Blockchain Technology in Energy Field: Opportunities and Challenges
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Blockchain Solutions for Energy Internet
9.3 Application Scenarios of Blockchain Technology in the Energy Industry
9.4 Challenges
9.5 Conclusions
References
10 BlockChainTechnology for Energy Transition
10.1 Introduction
10.2 What Is the “Energy Transition”?
10.2.1 Business Models in the Energy Sector
10.2.2 New Business Models for Energy Transition
10.3 BlockChain and Smart Contracts in the Energy Sector
10.3.1 Types of Applications of BlockChain and Smart Contracts in the Energy Sector
10.3.2 New Business Models Enabled by BlockChain in the Energy Market
10.3.3 Risks and Issues Related to BlockChain and Smart Contracts
10.4 The Framework
10.4.1 The Business Model Canvas
10.4.2 The Use Case Selection
10.4.3 Impact Analysis of the Two Selected Use Cases
10.4.4 The Business Models for the Use Cases
10.4.5 Microgrid Business Model (Elaborated After the Workshop)
10.4.6 Discussion of the Results
10.5 Current Trends and Future Scenarios
10.5.1 P2P Distributed Energy Trading for Residential Microgrids
10.5.2 Bridging Industrial and Residential Microgrids Through Electric Vehicles
10.6 Conclusions
References
11 The Feasibility and Significance of Employing Blockchain-Based Identity Solutions in Health Care
11.1 Introduction
11.2 A Brief History of Identities in the Digital Age
11.2.1 Fully Centralized Identity Management
11.2.2 Federated Identity Management
11.2.3 User-Centric Identity Management
11.3 The Main Ideas Behind Decentralized Identity Management
11.3.1 Decentralized Identifier Based on Blockchain
11.3.2 Zero-Knowledge Proof
11.3.3 Decentralized Blockchains and the Internet
11.4 The Technical Architecture of Decentralized Identity Management
11.4.1 Architecture Overview
11.4.2 Blockchain-Based DID Service
11.4.3 Standardization of DIDs
11.4.4 Examples of DID Frameworks
11.5 The Potential of Applying Blockchain-Based DID Solutions in Health Care
11.5.1 Addressing the Patient Mismatching Problem
11.5.2 Facilitating Patient Recruitment in Clinical Research Using DID
11.5.3 The Safer Use of Medical Devices
11.5.4 Limitations Facing Current Blockchain-Based DID Solutions
11.6 Conclusion
References
12 Toward eHealth with Blockchain: Success Factors for Crowdfunding with ICOs
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Theoretical Background
12.2.1 eHealth
12.2.2 Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Blockchain
12.2.3 Signaling Theory
12.3 Research Method
12.3.1 Related Work
12.4 Research Hypotheses
12.4.1 Data and Variables
12.5 Results and Discussion
12.5.1 Descriptive Statistics of the ICO Data
12.5.2 Multivariate Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Success
12.6 Discussion
12.7 Conclusion
References
13 Blockchain Track and Trace System (BTTS) for Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Related Works
13.3 Overview of Bitcoin, Blockchain Platforms and Smart Contracts
13.4 The Proposal Model
13.4.1 Structure of Blockchain Track and Trace System (BTTS)
13.4.2 The Proposed Smart Contracts
13.5 Conclusion and Future Works
References