Recent Advances in IoT and Blockchain Technology

Blockchain, whether public or private, is capable enough to maintain the integrity of transactions by decentralizing the records for users. Many IoT companies are using blockchain technology to make the world a better-connected place. Businesses and researchers are exploring ways to make this technology increasingly efficient for IoT services.

This volume presents the recent advances in these two technologies. Chapters explain the fundamentals of Blockchain and IoT, before explaining how these technologies, when merged together, provide a transparent, reliable, and secure model for data processing by intelligent devices in various domains.

Readers will be able to understand how these technologies are making an impact on healthcare, supply chain management and electronic voting, to give a few examples. The 10 peer-reviewed book chapters have been contributed by scholars, researchers, academicians, and engineering professionals, and provide a comprehensive yet easily digestible update on Blockchain on IoT technology.