Chapter 13: Blockchain and forensics

Anupam Tiwari    Computer Science Department, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Abstract

Blockchain is emerging as one the most promising and revolutionary technologies in the present world. Though blockchain at the onset was majorly associated with a financial domain, after the arrival of Ethereum and smart contracts, the association just expanded the association with all possible domains. Thus, just like any other scenario, each novel technology brings with it a wave of early adopters who are keen to explore the potential societal and economic benefits that may be exploited by leveraging the technology, while also at the same time, few seek to apply the technology as a means to enable nefarious ...

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