Blockchain and Smart-Contract Technologies for Innovative Applications

• Autore: El Madhoun Nour
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer, , 2024; ©2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Altri autori: DionysiouIoanna BertinEmmanuel
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I Introduction to Blockchain and Smart-Contract Technologies -- Fundamentals of Blockchain and Smart Contracts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Key Concepts of Blockchain -- 2.1 Decentralized Control -- 2.2 Integrity and Transparency -- 2.3 Confidentiality -- 2.4 Enhanced Security -- 2.5 Faster Processing -- 3 Components and Blockchain Architecture -- 3.1 Private Keys -- 3.2 Public Keys -- 3.3 Addresses -- 3.4 Basics of Cryptographic Techniques -- 3.4.1 Hash Functions -- 3.4.2 Public-Key Cryptography (Asymmetric Cryptography) -- 3.4.3 Digital Signatures -- 3.4.4 Merkle Trees -- 3.4.5 Symmetric Cryptography -- 3.5 Blockchain Data Flow in OSI Model -- 4 Consensus Mechanisms -- 5 Types of Blockchain -- 5.1 Public Blockchain -- 5.2 Private Blockchain -- 5.3 Consortium Blockchain -- 6 Application of Blockchain in Real life -- 6.1 Finance -- 6.2 Healthcare -- 6.3 Digital Privacy -- 6.4 Royalty -- 6.5 Crowdfunding -- 6.6 Real Estate -- 7 Blockchain Challenges -- 7.1 Decentralization -- 7.2 Security -- 7.2.1 51% Attack -- 7.2.2 Eclipse Attack -- 7.2.3 Sybil Attack -- 7.2.4 Time Jacking Attack -- 7.3 Blockchain Scalability -- 7.3.1 Blockchain Scalability Layer-2 Solutions -- 7.3.2 Sharding -- 7.3.3 Off-Chain Solutions -- 7.3.4 Protocol Upgrades -- 7.3.5 Hybrid Solutions -- 8 Smart Contracts -- 8.1 Architecture of Smart Contracts -- 8.1.1 Smart Contract Layers -- 8.2 Activation and Execution of Smart Contract -- 8.3 Types of Smart Contracts -- 8.3.1 Financial Smart Contracts -- 8.3.2 Identity Smart Contracts -- 8.3.3 Supply Chain Smart Contracts -- 8.3.4 Real Estate Smart Contracts -- 8.3.5 Governance Smart Contracts -- 8.4 Challenges in Smart Contracts -- 8.4.1 Security Vulnerabilities -- 8.4.2 Legal Uncertainty -- 8.4.3 Interoperability Issues -- 8.4.4 Complexity -- 8.4.5 Lack of Standardization. ; 8.4.6 Limited Scalability -- 8.5 Security and Privacy of Smart Contracts -- 8.6 Use Cases of Smart Contracts -- 8.6.1 Real Estate -- 8.6.2 Healthcare -- 8.6.3 Banking and Finance -- 8.6.4 Voting -- 8.7 Unified Modeling Language (UML) Class Diagram and Coding Examples of Smart Contracts -- 8.7.1 Insurance Contracts -- 8.7.2 Supply Chain Management -- 8.7.3 Crowdfunding Smart Contract -- 8.8 Programming Languages for Writing a Smart Contract -- 8.9 Smart Contracts and Decentralized Applications (DApps) -- 9 Blockchain Oracle -- 10 Conclusion -- References -- Smart Contract: The Contract Automation Climax. Back-End and Front-End Legal Implications -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Evolution of the Computer Contract: The Form and Expression of Will in the Digital Age -- 2.1 Legal Basic Knowledge -- 2.2 Contract Evolution -- 3 Smart Contract and Smart Legal Contract: A New Contract Paradigm -- 3.1 From Software to Smart Contract -- 3.2 From Smart Contract to Smart Legal Contract -- 3.3 Smart Contract Life-Cycle -- 4 Smart Contract Standards -- 4.1 Importance of Standards -- 4.2 Example of Useful Standards -- 5 Front-End Necessity and Legal Implications -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Designing Future Sustainable Cryptocurrencies: Principles and Expectations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Technology Behind Digital Money -- 3 Essential Components of Digital Currencies -- 3.1 Hash Functions -- 3.2 Data Structure -- 3.3 Digital Signatures -- 4 Designing a Cryptocurrency -- 4.1 How to Achieve Decentralization? -- 4.2 The Process of Mining and Verifying Transactions -- 4.3 Different Consensus Protocols -- 5 The Main Features of Future Crypto Networks -- 5.1 Scalability -- 5.1.1 How Does Ethereum Address Scalability Issues? -- 5.1.2 Scalability Solutions -- 5.2 Sustainability -- 5.2.1 Power Consumption, Carbon Footprints, and the Role of Miners. ; 5.2.2 Electronics Waste Generation of Mining Hardware -- 5.2.3 Sustainability Applications of Cryptocurrencies -- 5.2.4 Social Sustainability -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Part II Surveys on Blockchain and Smart-Contract Technologies -- A Taxonomy on Blockchain-Based Technology in the Financial Industry: Drivers, Applications, Benefits, and Threats -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Taxonomy Construction -- 2.1 Blockchain and Decentralization Idea -- 2.2 Decentralized Versus Traditional Finance -- 2.3 Token and Tokenization -- 2.4 Technological Issues and Regulations -- 3 The Taxonomy -- 3.1 Drivers -- 3.1.1 Smart Contract -- 3.1.2 Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) -- 3.2 Benefits -- 3.2.1 Security -- 3.2.2 Governance -- 3.3 Applications -- 3.3.1 Decentralized Finance (DeFi) -- 3.4 Threats -- 3.4.1 Scalability and Speed -- 3.4.2 Security -- 3.4.3 Cost -- 3.4.4 Regulation -- 3.4.5 Environment and Energy -- 4 Approaches to Mitigate Blockchain Threats -- 4.1 Scalability and Speed -- 4.2 Security -- 4.3 Cost -- 4.4 Regulation -- 4.5 Environment and Energy -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Scientific Workflows Management with Blockchain: A Survey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 DLTs and Blockchains -- 2.2 Scientific Workflows -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Scientific Workflows Management with Blockchain: A Synopsis -- 4.1 System Architecture Choices -- 4.1.1 Distributed Ledger Architectures -- 4.1.2 Data Storage Strategies -- 4.1.3 Off-Chain Data Storage Support -- 4.2 Archiving Data On-Chain: Overview of Notarization Strategies -- 4.2.1 Smart Contract Based Notarization Lifecycle -- 4.2.2 Data Quality -- 4.3 Imperative Control-Flow Notarizations with Workflows -- 4.4 Security and Privacy Strategies -- 4.4.1 Managing Actors and Digital Assets Access Control -- 4.4.2 Smart-Contract-Based Sharing Policies for Anchored Data. ; 4.4.3 Encrypting Sensitive Data -- 4.5 Auditing Track -- 4.5.1 Integrity Checking Tools -- 4.5.2 Backward Tracing -- 4.5.3 Forward Tracking -- 5 Applications and Use Cases -- 6 Research Challenges -- 6.1 Intellectual Property and Confidentiality of Scientific Experiments -- 6.2 Auditing Support -- 6.3 (Re)execution Flexibility -- 6.4 Interoperability of Systems and Data Models/Data Understanding -- 6.5 Managing Data Complexity -- 7 Comparison -- 8 Conclusion and Future Research -- References -- Part III NFT Applications -- Tokenization of Fine Arts: Revolutionizing the Fine Arts Industry with Blockchain -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Bringing Art to the Future -- 1.2 The Obstacle of Opaqueness -- 2 Understanding Blockchain -- 2.1 Blockchain Architectures -- 2.1.1 Public Blockchain -- 2.1.2 Private Blockchain -- 2.1.3 Consortium Blockchain -- 2.2 Blockchain Features -- 2.2.1 Distribution -- 2.2.2 Decentralization -- 2.2.3 Immutability -- 2.2.4 Traceability -- 2.2.5 Pseudonymity -- 2.2.6 Transparency -- 2.2.7 Security -- 2.3 Blockchain Consensus -- 2.3.1 Leader-Based Mechanisms -- 2.3.2 Byzantine Fault Tolerance-Based Algorithms -- 2.4 Blockchain and Smart Contracts -- 2.4.1 Security -- 2.4.2 Automated Execution -- 2.4.3 Cost Reduction -- 2.4.4 Application of Smart Contracts -- 2.5 Non-fungible Tokens -- 2.5.1 NFT Minting -- 2.5.2 NFT Uses -- 2.5.3 NFT and Metaverse -- 3 Blockchain Enters the Fine Art Industry -- 3.1 Digital Art and the Protection of Intellectual Property Through Blockchain -- 3.2 Digital Art NFTs -- 3.3 Tokenization Challenges -- 4 Art Garde: A Secure Solution to Bring Fine Arts to the Future -- 4.1 Understanding Art Garde -- 4.2 Obstacles in Implementation -- 4.2.1 Apprehension from the Fine Arts Market -- 4.2.2 Apprehensions Regarding Cryptocurrencies -- 4.2.3 Creating a Secure Link -- 4.3 Understanding CSR Crystals -- 4.3.1 Uniqueness. ; 4.3.2 Unclonable -- 4.3.3 Tamper-Proof -- 4.3.4 Versatility -- 4.3.5 Optical Readout -- 4.4 Understanding How Art Garde Works -- 4.4.1 NFT Minting -- 4.4.2 Ownership Transfer -- 4.4.3 Ownership Verification -- 4.4.4 Tag Replacement -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- VeraciTIX: An NFT-Based Event Ticketing System -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Blockchain -- 2.2 Smart Contracts and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) -- 3 Related Works -- 3.1 Requirements Analysis -- 4 VeraciTIX Ticketing Solution -- 4.1 Key Components -- 4.1.1 Custodial Wallets -- 4.1.2 On/Off Ramping -- 4.1.3 Rolling QR Codes -- 4.2 Architecture -- 4.3 Use Cases -- 4.3.1 User Account Creation -- 4.3.2 Ticket Purchase -- 4.3.3 Secondary Market Transfer -- 4.3.4 Administrator Functions -- 4.4 Implementation -- 5 Experiments -- 5.1 Methodology -- 5.1.1 Testnet Experimentation -- 5.1.2 Local Experimentation -- 5.2 Results -- 6 Evaluation -- 6.1 Functionality -- 6.2 Security -- 6.2.1 Application Design Analysis -- 6.2.2 Smart Contract Vulnerability Analysis -- 6.3 Costs -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Ontologies and Telecommunications Applications in Blockchain Technology -- Auto-generation of Blockchain-Based Distributed Applications Using Ontologies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Blockchain Frameworks -- 2.1.1 Bitcoin -- 2.1.2 Ethereum -- 2.1.3 Issues with Public Blockchains -- 2.2 Permissioned Blockchains -- 2.2.1 Quorum -- 2.2.2 Hyperledger Fabric -- 2.2.3 Corda -- 2.3 Smart Contracts -- 2.4 Semantic Web -- 2.4.1 Semantic Web -- 2.4.2 Semantic Web Architecture -- 2.4.3 RDF -- 2.4.4 SPARQL -- 2.4.5 Ontologies -- 2.5 JavaParser -- 3 Literature Review and Motivation -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 Corda Key Concepts -- 4.1.1 State -- 4.1.2 Contract -- 4.1.3 Flow -- 4.2 Ontology Development -- 4.2.1 Determine Scope -- 4.2.2 Reuse of Ontologies -- 4.2.3 Enumerate Terms. ; 4.2.4 Define Classes.
• Titolo autorizzato: Blockchain and Smart-Contract Technologies for Innovative Applications
• ISBN: 3-031-50028-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910842293203321
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