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Foreword to the special issue on cryptocurrencies and blockchains for distributed systems
Author(s) -
Ferretti Stefano,
D'Angelo Gabriele
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
concurrency and computation: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1532-0634
pISSN - 1532-0626
DOI - 10.1002/cpe.5539
Subject(s) - cryptocurrency , blockchain , computer science , ledger , crowdsourcing , the internet , big data , data science , world wide web , computer security , business , data mining , finance
The Internet is evolving into a new multi-factor paradigm based around smart systems, Internet of Things (IoT), distributed ledgers and blockchains, and digital assets (e.g., cryptocurrencies). In the next years, these technologies will converge and interact, fostering novel services, business models, and applications. For example, the blockchain can provide an automated and secure ledger infrastructure for the next generation IoT, mobile, and smart systems. Moreover, distributed ledgers allow recording untamperable proofs that certain data have been produced, thus proving the validity of contained information. Blockchain and related cryptocurrencies also enable the development of micro-transactions schemes to foster data crowdsourcing and exchange for smart services. This special issue collects important contributions focusing on the new challenges posed by the novel technologies and applications that are based on blockchain technologies. It collates representative research articles that were presented at the 1st Workshop on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains for Distributed Systems (CryBlock 2018), held in conjunction with the 16th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys 2018). Moreover, other completely original works have been included, for a total of 12 papers.