Blockchain and Applications, 4th International Congress / edited by Javier Prieto, Francisco Luis Benítez Martínez, Stefano Ferretti, David Arroyo Guardeño, Pedro Tomás Nevado-Batalla.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prieto de la Fuente, Javier, editor.

Series:

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 2367-3389 ; 595

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering--Data processing.

Engineering.

Computational intelligence.

Artificial intelligence.

Data Engineering.

Computational Intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence.

Local Subjects:

Data Engineering.

Computational Intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (477 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Blockchain and Applications 2022, BLOCKCHAIN’22, held in L’Aquila, Italy, in July 2022. Among the scientific community, blockchain and artificial intelligence are a promising combination that will transform the production and manufacturing industry, media, finance, insurance, e-government, etc. Nevertheless, there is no consensus with schemes or best practices that would specify how blockchain and artificial intelligence should be used together. The 37 full papers presented in the main track were carefully reviewed and selected from more than 75 submissions. They contain the latest advances on blockchain and artificial intelligence and on their application domains, exploring innovative ideas, guidelines, theories, models, technologies, and tools and identifying critical issues and challenges that researchers and practitioners must deal with in the future research. The book also includes 3 papers from the WEB3-TRUST workshop and 2 papers from the Doctoral Consortium.

Contents:

Intro

Organization

Preface

Contents

BLOCKCHAIN 2022 Main Track

Modelling of the Internet Computer Protocol Architecture: The Next Generation Blockchain

1 Introduction

2 Background and Related Work

2.1 Related Technologies

2.2 Related Work

3 The Internet Computer Protocol (ICP)

3.1 Network Nervous System

3.2 Chain Key Cryptography

4 Modelling and Simulation of the ICP Architecture

4.1 Design and Implementation of an ICP Simulator

5 Conclusions

References

Assessing Blockchain Challenges in the Maritime Sector

1.1 Technological Literary Recommendations for the Maritime Sector

2 Blockchain Overview

2.1 Blockchain Features

2.2 The Need to Identify Blockchain Challenges in the Maritime Sector

3 Addressing Blockchain Challenges in the Maritime Sector

3.1 A Heterogeneous Ecosystem

3.2 Transparency: A Double Edged Sword

3.3 Technology Predates Regulations

3.4 Distinct Technical Capabilities

3.5 Data Storage

3.6 Smart Contracts

3.7 Blockchain Is Isolated from the Real-World

3.8 Energetic Concerns

4 Conclusion

A Model of Decentralised Distribution Line Using Layer 2 Blockchains

2 Related Literature

3 A Model of Perishable Supply Chain

3.1 Problem of Designing Decentralised Distribution Lines

4 Dynamic Distribution with Blockchains

4.1 Channel Between a Buyer and a Mediator

4.2 Channel Between a Seller and a Mediator

4.3 Channel Among Mediators

4.4 Decentralised Product Matching

5 Analysis

6 Evaluation

7 Conclusion

ChronoEOS: Configuration Control System Based on EOSIO Blockchain for On-Running Forensic Analysis

2 Background

2.1 Forensic Analysis

2.2 Blockchain in Forensic Analysis

3 Use Case Description

4 ChronoEOS.

5 Experimental Results

5.1 Deployment and Evaluation

5.2 Discussion

6 Conclusion

Sharding-Based Proof-of-Stake Blockchain Protocol: Security Analysis

2 Probabilistic Model

2.1 Notations and Definitions

2.2 Architecture

2.3 Probability distributions

2.4 Years to Fail

3 Results and Evaluation

3.1 Simulation Setup

3.2 Results and Analysis

Cryptocurrencies, Survey on Legal Frameworks and Regulation Around the World

2 Legal Frameworks

2.1 European Union

2.2 United States

2.3 BRICS

2.4 Legal Issues Summary

3 Conclusion

SmartTwin: A Blockchain-Based Software Framework for Digital Twins Using IoT

2 Related Work

3 The SmartTwin Framework

3.1 M1: Device Module

3.2 M2: Gateway Module

3.3 M3: Blockchain Module

4 Use Cases

4.1 Agri-food Traceability

4.2 Water Management

5 Conclusions and Future Work

Proofs and Limitations of the Pathway Protocol

2 State of the Art

3 Pathway Operations

3.1 Step 1: Removing Liquidity from the Pool

3.2 Step 2: Swapping T1 Tokens to T2

4 Impact of Pathway Operations on the Pool

5 Proofs

6 Discussion and Limitations

6.1 A Potential Attack Vector: A Sandwich Attack

6.2 Pathway Protocol Might Lead to a Decreased Influence on the Pool

7 Outlook and Future Work

Profitable Fee Controller for Payment Channel Networks

2.1 Participants of PCN

2.2 Issues in PCN

3 Related Works

4 MPC Based Fee Controller (MPC-FC)

4.1 Model

4.2 Optimization Problem

4.3 Model Predictive Control

5 Implementation

6 Experiments and Results

6.1 Setup

6.2 Exhaustion and Revenue

7 Evaluation and Discussion

8 Conclusion.

References

R?ddle: A Fully Decentralized Mobile Game for Fun and Profit

3 System Overview and Implementation

4 Evaluation

5 Discussion

6 Conclusions

Mitigation of Scaling Effects in NTF-Based Ticketing Systems

3 Architecture

3.1 Algorithm-w/Return

3.2 Algorithm-wo/Return

3.3 Algorithm-Cache

3.4 Test Scenarios

4 Implementation

4.1 NFT

4.2 QR Code

4.3 Authentication

4.4 Cache

4.5 Test Scenario

5 Evaluation

5.1 Evaluation Strategy

5.2 Results

5.3 Discussion

6 Conclusion and Outlook

6.1 Conclusion

6.2 Outlook

Digital Content Verification Using Hyperledger BESU

2 Technological Background and Related Work

2.1 Designing the Prototype

2.2 Certification Modalities. A Review of Literature

2.3 Current Business Solutions Using Different Approaches

3 Prototype for Digital Certification Using Hyperledger BESU

4 Conclusions and Future Work

Prototyping a Smart Contract Application for Fair Reward Distribution in Software Development Projects

2.1 Relevant Work

3 Software Architecture

4.1 Distribution of Compensation

4.2 Limitations

4.3 Conclusion

Blockchain in the Public Sector: An Umbrella Review of Literature

3 Method

4 Under the Umbrella

5.1 Initiatives of Blockchain in the Public Sector

5.2 Challenges and Concerns of Blockchain in the Public Sector

5.3 Public Services Potentially Affected by Blockchain

6 Conclusions, Limitations and Further Work

Digital Identity Using Hyperledger Fabric as a Private Blockchain-Based System

2 Proposed System.

2.1 Hyperledger Fabric

2.2 Verification Using Face and Optical Character Recognition Technologies

3 System Development

3.1 Development and Operations

3.2 System Main Features

4 Discussion

5 Conclusion

Cryptocurrencies, Systematic Literature Review on Their Current Context and Challenges

2 Proposed Framework

2.1 Q1: What Research Has Been Carried Out Previously in the Literature Regarding the Use of Cryptocurrencies?

2.2 Q2: What Are the Vulnerabilities that Affect the Adoption of Cryptocurrencies?

2.3 Q3: How Are Crimes with Crypto Affecting the Socio-economic Ecosystem in the World?

Blockchain Assisted Voting in Academic Councils

3 Related Work

4 Proposed Solution

4.1 Architecture

4.2 Prototype Implementation

Scalable and Transparent Blockchain Multi-layer Approach for Smart Energy Communities

2 Related Works: Blockchain and Energy Communities

3 Methodology: Blockchain-Based Smart Energy Communities

3.1 Trakti Smart Legal Contract and Blockchain Framework

3.2 Blockchain-Based Smart Energy Communities High Level Architecture

4 Technical Requirement and Results Discussion

4.1 Smart Communities: Reward Smart Contract with Trakti Platform

4.2 Results

5 Conclusions and Future Works

Blockchain Consensus Algorithms: A Survey

2 Consensus Protocol

2.1 Goals of Consensus Algorithm

2.2 Components of Consensus Algorithm

3 Types of Consensus Protocol

3.1 Proof-of-Work (PoW)

3.2 Proof-of-Stake (PoS)

3.3 Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS)

3.4 Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT)

3.5 Raft

3.6 Proof of Elapsed Time (PoET)

3.7 Proof of Activity (PoA)

3.8 Proof of Burn (PoB).

3.9 Proof of Capacity (PoC)

3.10 Viewstamped Replication (VR)

3.11 Paxos

4 Methodology

Decentralised Argumentation for Data Vetting in Blockchains

3 Decentralised Argumentation for Data Vetting

3.1 Argumentation

3.2 IPFS as Argument Store

3.3 Decentralised Argumentation

3.4 Blockchain Implementation

Designing the Chain of Custody Process for Blockchain-Based Digital Evidences

3 Our Proposed Solutions

3.1 The General Model

3.2 Design Principles

3.3 Architectures

4 Results and Discussion

5 Conclusions and Further Works

The Devil Hides in the Model: Reviewing Blockchain and BFT Protocols

2 Model

3 Protocol Analysis

3.1 Using the Bitcoin Backbone Protocol

3.2 Nakamoto Agreement

3.3 Ouroboros Praos

3.4 Tendermint

3.5 HoneyBadgerBFT

3.6 Phantom

3.7 Algorand

Blockchain-Based Business Process Management (BPM) for Finance: The Case of Loan-Application

2 Blockchain Related Literature Overview

3 Loan Business Process

3.1 Loan Process Business Process Pattern with Blockchain

3.2 Advantages and Challenges for Financial Companies

3.3 Loan BPM Implementation as a Web Service

4 Conclusions

Objective-Aware Reputation-Enabled Blockchain-Based Federated Learning

3 The Proposed Framework

3.1 Components of the Proposed Framework

3.2 Threat Model

4 Implementation and Evaluation

4.1 Experimental Setup

4.2 Results and Discussion

5 Conclusion and Future Work

References.

Enhancing Smart Contract Quality by Introducing a Continuous Integration Pipeline for Solidity Based Smart Contracts.

Other Format:

Print version: Prieto, Javier Blockchain and Applications, 4th International Congress

ISBN:

3-031-21229-0