Blockchain: Technology and Applications for Industry 4.0, Smart Energy, and Smart Cities

Matevž Pustišek; Nataša Živić; Andrej Kos

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Blockchain

Technology and Applications for Industry 4.0, Smart Energy, and Smart Cities

Matevž Pustišek , Nataša Živić and Andrej Kos

In the series De Gruyter STEM

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110681130

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About this book

Blockchains are seen as a technology for the future, which reduce the cost of trust and revolutionize transactions between individuals, companies and governments. The sense of using blockchains is to minimize the probability of errors, successful frauds and paper-intensive processes. For these reasons, blockchains already have and will have a significant impact to the society and every day’s life, especially in field of Machine to Machine (M2M) communications, which are one of the basic technologies for Internet of Things (IoT). Therefore, blockchains with their inherent property to provide security, privacy and decentralized operation are engine for todays and future reliable, autonomous and trusted IoT platforms. Specially, a disruptive role of ledger technologies in future smart personal mobility systems, which combine smart car industry, smart energy/smart cities will be explained in the book, considering its importance for development of new industrial and business models.

The technology explained through use cases from the industry and the modern society.

Author information

Nataša Živić, University of Siegen, Germany; Matevž Pustišek, Andrej Kos, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of acronyms and abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of notions Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
1 Distributed ledger technologies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Decentralized applications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
3 Distributed ledgers and internet of things Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
4 Selected use cases Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Undergraduate and graduate/postgraduate students, engineers, investors, scientists, technical and financial consultants.
Pages
- Front matter: 22
- Main content: 159
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 32
- Tables: 8
Keywords: Blockchain; Cryptographie; Industrie 4.0; Smart devices

eBook

Published: November 22, 2021
ISBN: 9783110681130

Paperback

Published: November 22, 2021
ISBN: 9783110681123