Chapter One
Technical aspects of blockchain and IoT
Hany F. Atlama,b; Gary B. Willsa a Electronic and Computer Science Department, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdomb Computer Science and Engineering Department, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
Abstract
Blockchain technology is getting a growing attention from various organizations and researchers as it provides magical solutions to the problems associated with the classical centralized architecture. Blockchain, whether public or private, is a distributed ledger with the capability of maintaining the integrity of transactions by decentralizing the ledger among participating users. On the other hand, the Internet of Things (IoT) represents ...
