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Blockchain distributed ledger technologies for biomedical and health care applications Open
Objectives To introduce blockchain technologies, including their benefits, pitfalls, and the latest applications, to the biomedical and health care domains. Target Audience Biomedical and health care informatics researchers who would like …
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OmniLedger: A Secure, Scale-Out, Decentralized Ledger via Sharding Open
Designing a secure permissionless distributed ledger (blockchain) that performs on par with centralized payment processors, such as Visa, is a challenging task. Most existing distributed ledgers are unable to scale-out, i.e., to grow their…
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Blockchain in government: Benefits and implications of distributed ledger technology for information sharing Open
Blockchain refers to a range of general purpose technologies to exchange information and transact digital assets in distributed networks. The core question addressed in this paper is whether blockchain technology will lead to innovation an…
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BLOCKCHAIN READY MANUFACTURING SUPPLY CHAIN USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGER Open
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology and the definitive published version is available at: http://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0509001
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Blockchain for AI: Review and Open Research Challenges Open
Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain have become two of the most trending and disruptive technologies. Blockchain technology has the ability to automate payment in cryptocurrency and to provide access to a shared ledger of…
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The Supply Chain Has No Clothes: Technology Adoption of Blockchain for Supply Chain Transparency Open
Blockchain technology, popularized by Bitcoin cryptocurrency, is characterized as an open-source, decentralized, distributed database for storing transaction information. Rather than relying on centralized intermediaries (e.g., banks) this…
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Blockchains and the economic institutions of capitalism Open
Blockchains are a new digital technology that combines peer-to-peer network computing and cryptography to create an immutable decentralised public ledger. Where the ledger records money, a blockchain is a cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin; b…
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Blockchain in Logistics and Supply Chain: A Lean Approach for Designing Real-World Use Cases Open
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A Vademecum on Blockchain Technologies: When, Which, and How Open
Blockchain is a technology making the shared registry concept from distributed systems a reality for a number of application domains, from the cryptocurrency one to potentially any industrial system requiring decentralized, robust, trusted…
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Blockchain-Based E-Voting System Open
Building a secure electronic voting system that offers the fairness and privacy of current voting schemes, while providing the transparency and flexibility offered by electronic systems has been a challenge for a long time. In this work-in…
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A Comprehensive Review of Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms Open
Since the advent of distributed ledger technologies, they have provided diverse opportunities in a wide range of application domains. This article brings a comprehensive review of the fundamentals of distributed ledger and its variants. An…
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The Effect of Blockchain Technology on Supply Chain Sustainability Performances Open
Improving supply chain sustainability is an essential part of achieving the UN’s sustainable goals. Digitalization, such as blockchain technology, shows the potential to reshape supply chain management. Using distributed ledger technology,…
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Is blockchain able to enhance environmental sustainability? A systematic review and research agenda from the perspective of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Open
Blockchain is a disruptive technology that is revolutionizing information technology and represents a change of cultural paradigm for the way in which information is shared. Companies are rushing to understand how they can use blockchain d…
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Is non-fungible token pricing driven by cryptocurrencies? Open
In early 2021, non-fungible tokens (NFT) became the first application of blockchain technology to achieve clear public prominence. NFTs are tradeable rights to digital assets (images, music, videos, virtual creations) where ownership is re…
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Blockchain Technology for Agriculture: Applications and Rationale Open
The blockchain is a ledger of accounts and transactions that are written and stored by all participants. It promises a reliable source of truth about the state of farms, inventories and contracts in agriculture, where the collection of suc…
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Centrally Banked Cryptocurrencies Open
Current cryptocurrencies, starting with Bitcoin, build a decentralized blockchain-based transaction ledger, maintained through proofs-of-work that also serve to generate a monetary supply.Such decentralization has benefits, such as indepen…
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Prospecting non-fungible tokens in the digital economy: Stakeholders and ecosystem, risk and opportunity Open
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are a highly nascent and emerging phenomenon revolutionizing how digital assets are traded. NFTs embody immutable rights to unique digital assets such as digital art and collectibles and are represented as digita…
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A Comparative Study: Blockchain Technology Utilization Benefits, Challenges and Functionalities Open
Blockchain technology enables users to verify, preserve, and synchronize the contents of a data sheet (a transaction ledger) replicated by multiple users. Blockchain technology has provided considerable advantages and incentives to industr…
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Algorand: A secure and efficient distributed ledger Open
A distributed ledger is a tamperproof sequence of data that can be publicly accessed and augmented by everyone, without being maintained by a centralized party. Distributed ledgers stand to revolutionize the way a modern society operates. …
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Blockchain in transport and logistics – paradigms and transitions Open
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Distributed Ledger Technology in Payments, Clearing, and Settlement Open
Digital innovations in finance, loosely known as fintech, have garnered a great deal of attention across the financial industry. Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is one such innovation that has been cited as a means of transforming paym…
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Challenges of blockchain technology adoption for e-government Open
The ability of blockchain technology to record transactions on distributed ledgers offers new opportunities for governments to improve transparency, prevent fraud, and establish trust in the public sector. However, blockchain adoption and …
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A Distributed Ledger for Supply Chain Physical Distribution Visibility Open
Supply chains (SC) span many geographies, modes and industries and involve several phases where data flows in both directions from suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, to customers. This data flow is necessary to support crit…
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Electronic health records in a Blockchain: A systematic review Open
Blockchain could reinvent the way patient’s electronic health records are shared and stored by providing safer mechanisms for health information exchange of medical data in the healthcare industry, by securing it over a decentralized peer-…
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A Comparative Analysis of Distributed Ledger Technology Platforms Open
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) has emerged as one of the most disruptive technologies in the last decade. It promises to change the way people do their business, track their products, and manage their personal data. Though the concept…
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Distributed ledger technology in supply chains: a transaction cost perspective Open
With the emergence of distributed ledger technology (DLT), numerous practitioners and researchers have proclaimed its beneficial impact on supply chain transactions in the future. However, the vast majority of DLT initiatives are discontin…
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Annual Review of Law and Social Science Open
This article examines the implications of Distributed Ledger Technology (a.k.a. blockchain) for several areas of law. While cryptocurrencies have received much attention, the implications of DLT are potentially far reaching. DLT raises int…
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Blockchain Implementations and Use Cases for Supply Chains-A Survey Open
Since Bitcoin's debut in 2008, blockchain, the technology behind the cryptocurrency, has been gaining increasing scientific and industrial interest. Due to the technology's innate distributed and immutable features, the adoption of blockch…
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Blockchain Technology and Manufacturing Industry: Real-Time Transparency and Cost Savings Open
Blockchain technology has been recommended for the sustainability in the manufacturing industry, owing to its benefits in terms of real-time transparency and cost savings. To verify this, we first examine how firms can employ distributed l…
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Blockchain as Radical Innovation: A Framework for Engaging with Distributed Ledgers as Incumbent Organization Open
Blockchain is an emerging technology that is perceived as groundbreaking. However, blockchain presents incumbent organizations with significant challenges. How should they respond to the advent of this innovative technology, and how can th…