HYBRID BLOCKCHAIN
Blockchain is a revolutionary technology that gained widespread popularity since the emergence of cryptocurrencies. The potential uses of Blockchain surpassed digital currency into a wider space that includes the Internet of Things (IoT), security applications and smart embedded systems, among oth...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scientific Research Support Fund of Jordan (SRSF) and Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT)
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology |
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| Online Access: | https://jjcit.org/paper/110 |
| Summary: | Blockchain is a revolutionary technology that gained widespread popularity since the emergence of cryptocurrencies.
The potential uses of Blockchain surpassed digital currency into a wider space that includes the
Internet of Things (IoT), security applications and smart embedded systems, among others. As the number of
Blockchain users increases, several drawbacks start to emerge, since Blockchains consume excessive amounts of
energy to store and manipulate data. Furthermore, the limited scalability nature of Blockchains due to their
massive storage requirements might become an issue. To improve the overall performance, several challenges in
the current Blockchain structure should be tackled. This paper presents a hybrid system architecture that combines
the distributed nature of Blockchains with the centralized feature of servers. Users will connect to servers via
personal Blockchains, while servers will share a chain of Blockchains to ensure integrity and security. This will
significantly decrease the storage requirements of end-users and enhance the scalability of networks. Businesses
will highly benefit from this proposed structure, since it creates a reliable scalable business model. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-9351 2415-1076 |