Blockchain for Smart Cities

384 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Focusing on different tools, platforms, and techniques, Blockchain and the Smart City: Infrastructure and Implementation uses case studies from around the world to examine blockchain deployment in diverse smart city applications. The book begins by examining the fundamental theories and concepts of blockchain. It looks at key smart cities' domains such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and supply chain management. It examines Using case studies for each domain, the book looks at payment mechanisms, fog/edge computing, green computing, and algorithms and consensus mechanisms for smart cities implementation. It looks at tools such as Hyperledger, Etherium, Corda, IBM Blockchain, Hydrachain, as well as policies and regulatory standards, applications, solutions, and methodologies. While exploring future blockchain ecosystems for smart and sustainable city life, the book concludes with the research challenges and opportunities academics, researchers, and companies in implementing blockchain applications.

• Reihe: Elsevier
• ISBN: 9780128244463
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.08.2021
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Elsevier Inc
• Herausgegeben von: Julie Golden, Valentina Emilia Balas, Saravanan Krishnan