Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion. Volume 3, Web3, AI, Privacy and Greentech / edited by David Lee Kuo Chuen and Robert H. Deng.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lee, David (David Kuo Chuen), editor.

Deng, Robert H., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blockchains (Databases).

Electronic funds transfers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (605 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Elsevier, [2025]

Summary:

Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, Volume Three: Web3, AI, Privacy and Greentech presents the latest technological developments and innovations occurring in cryptocurrency.

Contents:

Intro

Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion: Web3, AI, Privacy, and Greentech

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Section 1: Web3

Chapter 1: Reconceptualizing Web3 as a human-centered infrastructure for the digital economy in the age of AI: An Informa ...

1. Introduction

2. Web3 literature review

2.1. Research process and sample selection

2.2. Rationale for selection

2.3. Findings

2.3.1. Core features of Web3

2.3.1.1. Decentralization as the cornerstone of Web3

2.3.2. Enabling technologies for decentralization in Web3

2.3.2.1. Blockchain

2.3.2.2. Smart contracts

2.3.2.3. Wallets and user interfaces

2.3.2.4. Decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN)

2.3.3. Inconsistencies in defining Web3

2.3.3.1. Challenges of defining Web3 technologies

2.3.3.2. Inconsistent naming and versioning: The challenge of Web N.0

3. Synthesis of findings and author's conclusions

4. A new Web3 conceptual framework: Merging Information Theory and Political Economy in a historical context

4.1. Information Theory and Web3

4.2. Political economy and Web3

4.2.1. Evolution of the Internet in a historical context: Three phases of control

4.2.1.1. Web1: State-controlled Internet (1950s to mid-1990s)

4.2.1.2. Web2: Corporate-controlled Internet (mid-1990s to late 2010s)

4.2.1.3. Web3: User-controlled decentralized Internet (Web3, from the early 2020s)

5. A new political economic model for decentralized digital economy and governance: A critical debate

5.1. A decentralized ideal

5.2. Realistic varieties of Web3: A critical reflection

6. Web3 Tech Stack

7. Implications

8. Conclusion

References

Chapter 2: Blockchain interoperability for decentralized finance

1.1. Brief explanation of blockchain interoperability.

1.2. Brief explanation of decentralized finance

1.3. The application value of interoperability in DeFi

2. The significance of interoperability in DeFi

2.1. DeFi landscape

2.2. Limitations of blockchains in supporting DeFi

2.3. How interoperability addresses these limitations

3. Security considerations on DeFi

3.1. Security and trust considerations

3.2. Regulatory challenges in a multichain environment

4. Practical application projects

4.1. THORChain

4.2. Aave

4.3. SushiSwap

5. The future development of DeFi

5.1. Anticipated development trends in DeFi

5.2. The impact of new technologies and standards on DeFi

5.3. The impact of blockchain interoperability on DeFi

6. Conclusion

Chapter 3: Quantum technologies in decentralization

2. Overview of quantum technologies

2.1. Key concepts

2.2. Quantum algorithms

2.3. Quantum hardware

2.4. Quantum networks

3. Quantum attacks on blockchains

3.1. Attacks

3.1.1. Public key cryptography

3.1.2. Mining advantages

3.1.3. Other risks

3.2. Defending against attacks

3.2.1. Classical postquantum cryptography

3.2.2. Quantum encryption

4. Quantum improvements for blockchains

4.1. Blockchain trilemma

4.1.1. Trilemma attributes

4.1.2. Quantum technology impacts

4.2. Other advantages

5. Quantum distributed average computation

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Problem setting

5.3. A quantum protocol for distributed computation of the average

5.4. A round of the proposed quantum protocol

6. Concluding remarks

Declaration of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process

Chapter 4: Navigating cryptocurrencies next frontier: The revolution toward decentralizing physical infrastructure

1. The concept of decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN).

2. The mechanism of DePIN

3. DePIN feasibility analysis with LASIC principles

4. Public blockchains developing DePIN

4.1. Solana

4.2. IoTeX

4.3. GM network

4.4. MXC

5. DePIN use cases

5.1. Decentralized storage

5.2. Decentralized wireless network

5.3. Renewable energy

5.4. Decentralized computing network

6. Development trends of DePIN

7. Challenges of DePIN

8. Summary

Chapter 5: DAO and DAO governance

1. Introduction of DAO

1.1. Definition of DAO

1.2. Common features of DAOs

1.3. Categorizations and types of DAOs

2. DAO governance

2.1. Definition of DAO governance

2.2. General governance framework

2.2.1. Agenda setting

2.2.2. Voter eligibility

2.2.3. The voting process

2.2.4. Incentive mechanisms

2.2.5. The consensus mechanism

2.2.6. Voting schemes

2.2.7. Dispute resolution

3. Conclusion

Chapter 6: Smart contracts for promoting trust in blockchain-based e-commerce

2. The model environment

2.1. Environment

2.2. Equilibrium of one-shot game

2.3. Inferior outcome of two-stage transaction game

3. Theory: Infinitely repeated transaction game

3.1. Preliminaries of infinitely repeated transaction game

3.2. Achievable trust in equilibrium by trigger strategy

4. Real-life scenarios: Finitely repeated transaction game

4.1. Cooperative equilibrium playing tit-for-tat strategy

4.2. Proof of cooperation equilibrium by tit-for-tat strategy

4.3. General cases of player's payoffs

5. Conclusion

Chapter 7: Blockchain-enabled decentralized network trust management

1.1. Research problem

1.1.1. Lack of secure incentives of decentralized security data collection

1.1.2. Lack of decentralized network trust evaluation with privacy preservation.

1.1.3. Lack of efficient pseudonym and trust value management for heterogeneous networks

1.2. Research content

1.2.1. A blockchain-based security data collection system

1.2.1.1. Research content 1-a: A security data collection model

1.2.1.2. Research content 1-b: Incentives for security data collection

1.2.1.3. Research content 1-c: An efficient and secure consensus mechanism

1.2.2. A privacy-preserving decentralized network trust evaluation framework

1.2.2.1. Research content 2-a: A network trust evaluation model

1.2.2.2. Research content 2-b: An efficient and secure consensus mechanism

1.2.2.3. Research content 2-c: A privacy preservation scheme

1.2.3. Pseudonym and trust value management in integrated networks

1.2.3.1. Research content 3-a: An interdomain trust evaluation framework

1.2.3.2. Research content 3-b: Simultaneous assurance of interdomain trust evaluation and pseudonym update

1.2.3.3. Research content 3-c: Interdomain trust value synchronization

2. Related work

2.1. Data collection

2.1.1. Route discovery

2.1.2. Incentives for data collection

2.1.2.1. Reputation systems

2.1.2.2. Micropayment systems

2.1.3. Privacy preservation for data collection

2.2. Decentralized network trust evaluation

2.2.1. Intrusion detection

2.2.2. Privacy preservation for network trust evaluation

2.2.3. The decentralization of network trust evaluation

2.3. Trust management in integrated heterogeneous networks

2.3.1. Identity privacy preservation for trust management

2.3.1.1. Certificate-based method

2.3.1.2. Root key-based method

2.3.1.3. Identity-based encryption method

2.3.1.4. Pseudonyms-based method

2.3.2. Trust in heterogeneous integrated networks

2.3.3. Pseudonym and trust value management

2.4. Blockchain technologies

2.4.1. PoW

2.4.2. PoUW.

2.4.3. PoS

2.4.4. BFT

2.4.5. Trees and DAGs

3. Research schemes

3.1. A blockchain-based security data collection system

3.1.1. Overview

3.1.1.1. Motivation

3.1.1.2. Contribution

3.1.2. B4SDC design

3.1.2.1. System model

3.1.2.2. Security model

3.1.2.3. System overview

3.1.2.4. Performance evaluation

3.1.3. Summary

3.2. A privacy-preserving decentralized network trust evaluation framework

3.2.1. Overview

3.2.1.1. Motivation

3.2.1.2. Contribution

3.2.2. SeDID design

3.2.2.1. System model

3.2.2.2. Security model

3.2.2.3. System overview

3.2.2.4. Performance evaluation

3.2.3. Summary

3.3. Pseudonym and trust value management for integrated networks

3.3.1. Overview

3.3.1.1. Motivation

3.3.1.2. Contribution

3.3.2. DePTVM design

3.3.2.1. System model

3.3.2.2. Security model

3.3.2.3. System overview

3.3.2.4. Performance evaluation

3.3.3. Summary

4. Conclusion and outlook

4.1. Conclusion

4.2. Outlook

Chapter 8: Transforming global economies: The profound impact of digitalization

2. Literature review

2.1. Consumer mindset

2.2. Reliable and affordable technology

2.3. Expansion of global economies

2.4. Unexpected factors

2.5. Summary of key findings

2.6. Research gaps

3. Discussion

3.1. Reasons for financial fraud and scams

3.1.1. Knowledge and awareness

3.1.2. Emotions (fear, love, and empathy)

3.1.3. Greed

3.1.4. Cavalier attitude

3.2. Analysis of fraud and scam models

3.2.1. One-time scam vs repeated events

3.2.2. Old vs young victims

3.2.3. Tech-savvy vs naive individuals

3.3. Singapore and India: Economic and cultural synergies

3.3.1. Singapore's digitalization journey

3.3.2. India's digitization journey

3.4. The opportunity: UPI and PayNow integration.

4. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-443-34718-2

OCLC:

1518284370