Chapter 12 Emerging and Growing Technologies in Blockchain Security

A Review

Vidit Kesarwani, Honey Gocher, Amit K Singh, and Yudhveer Singh

DOI: 10.1201/9781003441601-12

12.1 Introduction

Blockchain is a type of chain structure which binds multiple data blocks in a synchronized manner, assuring that such a distributed ledger cannot be amended or cryptographically fabricated. The distributed ledger makes it different because it works differently from the traditional network. In the traditional network structure, the power usually resides with the central authority that is assigned, and all the decisions are made under the central authority. In case of a distributed ledger, the controls are distributed by multiple rules and there is no central ...

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