Blockchain for Internet of Things: A Survey

Internet of Things (IoT) is reshaping the incumbent industry to smart industry featured with data-driven decision-making. However, intrinsic features of IoT result in a number of challenges, such as decentralization, poor interoperability, privacy, and security vulnerabilities. Blockchain technology brings the opportunities in addressing the challenges of IoT. In this paper, we investigate the integration of blockchain technology with IoT. We name such synthesis of blockchain and IoT as blockchain of things (BCoT). This paper presents an in-depth survey of BCoT and discusses the insights of this new paradigm. In particular, we first briefly introduce IoT and discuss the challenges of IoT. Then, we give an…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: U1811462, 61722214
• FP
  Fundo para o Desenvolvimento das Ciências e da Tecnologia

  Award: 0026/2018/A1
• NK
  National Key Research and Development Program of China

  Award: 2016YFB1000101