Blockchain Technology Fundamentals, Applications, and Case Studies Internet of Everything (IoE) Series

This book presents a detailed exploration of adaption and implementation, as well as a 360-degree view spectrum of blockchain technologies in real-world business applications. Blockchain is gaining momentum in all sectors. This book offers a collection of protocol standards, issues, security improvements, applicability, features, and types of cryptocurrency in processing and through 5G technology.

The book covers the evolution of blockchain from fundamental theories to present forms. It offers diversified business applications with usable case studies and provides successful implementations in cloud/edge computing, smart city, and IoT. The book emphasizes the advances and cutting-edge technologies along with the different tools and platforms.

The primary audience for this book includes industry experts, researchers, graduates and under graduates, practitioners, and business managers who are engaged in blockchain and IoT-related technologies.

Chapter 1 Blockchain and Internet of Things: A Survey Chapter 2 Blockchain: A Review of Protocols and Standards Chapter 3 Blockchain Technology: An Insight into Architecture, Use Cases, and Its Application with Industrial IoT and Big Data Chapter 4 IoT and Blockchain Chapter 5 Research Issues and Solution in Blockchain Healthcare Chapter 6 Improving Security on Blockchain and Its Integration with IoT Chapter 7 Blockchain-Based Integrated Digital Health Record ・ A New Model for Health Information Exchanges Chapter 8 A Complete Study on the Major Protocols of Blockchain Chapter 9 FGUGChain: A Blockchain Application Framework with Secure Computation Chapter 10 Digital Linked Information System Using Blockchain Technology: Overwhelming Information Silo Chapter 11 Blockchain: Next-Generation Technology for Industry 4.0 Chapter 12 The Winning Combo: Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Chapter 13 Emerging Trends and Research Issues on Blockchain Technology for 5G-Enabled Industrial IoT

E. Golden Julie received her B.E degree in Computer Science and Engg in 2005 from Anna University Chennai and ME degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 2008 from Anna University Chennai. Currently she completed her Ph.D from Anna University Chennai 2017. Presently she is working as assistant professor in Regional centre Anna university, Tirunelveli, India She has published many research papers in various fields. Her research area includes Wireless Sensor Adhoc Networks Soft Computing, Internet of Things and Image Processing. She is a member of ISTE.

J. Jesu Vedha Nayahi completed her B.E., Computer Science and Engineering in 2001 and M.E., Computer Science and Engineering in 2004 and secured University rank. She completed her Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering under Anna University in 2016. She is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli. She has more than 11 years of experience in teaching. She has published many papers in international journals and conferences. Her research interest includes data privacy and security, data mining, and automata theory. Her ORCID Id is 0000-0002-5445-0301 .

Noor Zaman Jhanjhi has completed his PhD. in IT from University Technology Petronas (UTP) Malaysia. He has 18 years of teaching and administrative experience internationally. He has an intensive background of academic quality accreditation in higher education besides scientific research activities, he had worked for academic accreditation for more than a decade and earned ABET accreditation twice for three programs at College of computer sciences and IT, King Faisal University Saudi Arabia. He also worked for National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment (NCAAA), Education Evaluation Commission Higher Education Sector (EECHES) formerly NCAAA Saudi Arabia, for institutional level acc