12 Blockchain: The road ahead

This chapter covers

  • Exploring decentralized identity management

  • Understanding consensus among decentralized participants

  • Reviewing scalability, privacy, security, and confidentiality

  • Analyzing public, private and permissioned blockchain networks

  • Capturing the scientific research behind blockchain concepts

Any emerging technology will experience challenges as it is maturing. Blockchain is no exception. This field is churning with activities and initiatives in a quest for continuous improvement in technology. Although blockchain is a brilliant technology for trusted transactions, social interaction, and commerce, it is also open and decentralized. Openness and inclusivity of decentralized participants ...

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