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Government by Code? Blockchain Applications to Public Sector Governance
Frontiers in Blockchain, 2022 Studies of blockchain governance can be divided into analyses of the governance of blockchains (such as rules and power dynamics within a given network) and governance by blockchains (such as how blockchains can be implemented to improve self-governance ...
Pedro Bustamante +16 more
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Ensuring Trust in Pharmaceutical Supply Chains by Data Protection by Design Approach to Blockchains
Blockchain in Healthcare Today, 2022 Pharmaceutical supply chains are complex structures including various actors, and blockchains are seen as a promising solution to increase effectiveness and overcome some of the main challenges in these supply chains, especially the lack of trust ...
Halid Kayhan
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Blockchain Technology and the Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review
Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2023 This paper aims to offer an overview of what the features are in the existing state of research in the field of blockchains in the circular economy. A total of 79 articles published up to 31 May 2022 have been extracted from Scopus and Web of Science ...
Abderahman Rejeb, Suhaiza Zailani
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LACT+: Practical Post-Quantum Scalable Confidential Transactions
Cryptography, 2023 A “confidential monetary value” carries information about the real monetary value but does not disclose it. Post-quantum private blockchains with confidential monetary values—large-sized blockchains with large verification times—have the least ...
Jayamine Alupotha +2 more
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Beacons and Blockchains in the Mobile Gaming Ecosystem: A Feasibility Analysis
Sensors, 2021 We explore the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs), such as blockchains, in mobile gaming, focusing on ecosystem expansion and diversification, customer attraction and retention, exploitation of context ...
Iakovos Pittaras +3 more
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Steganographic Analysis of Blockchains
Sensors, 2021 Steganography is one of the ways to hide data between parties. Its use can be worrisome, e.g., to hide illegal communications. Researchers found that public blockchains can be an attractive place to hide communications; however, there is not much ...
Alexandre Augusto Giron +2 more
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Waterfall: Gozalandia. Distributed protocol with fast finality and proven safety and liveness
IET Blockchain, 2023 A consensus protocol is a crucial mechanism of distributed networks by which nodes can coordinate their actions and the current state of data. This article describes a BlockDAG consensus algorithm based on the Proof of Stake approach.
Sergii Grybniak +4 more
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Blockchain revolution without the blockchain? [PDF]
Communications of the ACM, 2017 Most of the suggested benefits of blockchain technologies do not come from elements unique to the blockchain.
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ISLAMIC ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE AND POTENTIAL OF ZAKAH ON CRYPTOCURRENCY
Journal of Islamic Economic Laws, 2022 Indonesia is a Muslim-majority country, the survival of extensive zakat is very important for society. In the era of digital technology, the government encourages the government to improve classical zakat administration to ensure transpiration and the ...
Rozi Irfan Rosyadhi, Abu Salim
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Proof of Work as a Three-Sided Market
Frontiers in Blockchain, 2020 Blockchain technology is the distributed ledger technology underlying Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. We apply Oliver Williamson's transactions cost analysis to a proof of work blockchain consensus mechanism.
Chris Berg +2 more
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