Impact and Use of Blockchain Technologies in Organizations

Impact and Use of Blockchain Technologies in Organizations

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5747-4.ch013
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Abstract

Blockchain consists of emerging technologies such as IT infrastructure, cloud computing, security, peer-to-peer network, and cryptographic keys. The major objective of the chapter is to demystify the technologies which are supporting the blockchain applications. The IT infrastructure enhances the blockchains by coordinating and maintaining the infrastructure to work on the security and cloud storage. The blockchain can be termed as a concept which is more secure among the relevant technologies. But still there exists the chance of an attack. The security is often implemented in the network of blockchain. This security prevents the risk of cyber-attacks and fraud practices in the network. Peer-to-peer is known as a type of computer network which is frequency implemented for the digital media file distribution. In this peer-to-peer network each node would be acting as a server as well as a client by receiving and supplying the files.
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1. Introduction

The blockchain can be defined as peer-to-peer network where every transactions are recorded properly like a sequential blocks. This is maintained throughout in many computers which are maintained in a peer-to-peer network. This blockchain system does the recording process in such a way that it always becomes a mess for the intruders or the hackers to gain the access (Szabo & Shrewd, 1997). If someone is trying to attack the blockchain or if a person tries to take data from the blockchain that person must be aware of all the networks in the blockchain. Since they are a sequential chain of blocks, the person must know the connection between the blocks first. And that person should attain the complete detail of the entire blockchain just to get a few credential as that process is an impossible mission and it will consume years to perform that. This transactions are safe from hacking and alterations. In this decade, the blockchain is comparatively new invention. Blockchain technology allows “digital data” to be accessed but not duplicated. It is commonly designated as a straight record of commercial communications. A blockchain record can be implied to keep a record of almost anything of value, including economic communications (S. Huh, S. Cho & S. Kim, 2017).

Blockchain is a record system that preserves and archives of commercial data in such a way where the blockchain permits numerous organizations and persons to conservatively share and access to the equivalent commercial data in real-time, despite the fact modifying apprehensions about control, security and privacy. Blockchain era permits new methods of organizing financial activities, decreases charges and time related to intermediaries, and strengthens the believe in a surrounding of individuals(Conoscenti, Marco, Antonio Vetro, & Juan Carlos De Martin, 2016). The effect of this influential era is contemplated via way of means of an upcoming studies socialize and diverse corporations that have a look at the ability which would makes use of blockchain technology. Even though there are capabilities which use instances of this new era, studies and exercise are nevertheless of their beginning, roughly in this changing present and developing new commercial enterprise models. The blockchain provides as a straight sign up of all previous transactions inside the bitcoin gadget. Past transactions are recognized in chained blocks and the new adding transactions are recorded in new blocks. The blockchain features as a standard ledger in a book-keeping gadget. Though, data isn't saved centrally yet is saved excessively and distributed throughout all nodes inside the blockchain. The individuals of the community manage the decentralized bitcoin gadget with the aid of using matching proprieties and alive bitcoin transactions. Each and every member is qualified to study the places to where these bitcoins were transported where other transactions are set as anonymous and individual entity (Crosby et al., 2016).

Over the era's brief history, deploying blockchain has been a heavy raise for maximum companies. It calls for giant up-the front layout work, era selection, software program improvement and testing. Companies usually run pilots, handiest a fragment of which pass into production. Blockchain as a provider carriers provide a shortcut via way of means of packaging the clever agreement era, blockchains and community infrastructure they run on. BaaS has emerged as a famous desire as it eliminates a whole lot of the legwork of putting in a blockchain (M. Samaniego & R. Deters, 2016). Prominent BaaS gamers consist of AWS, IBM, Oracle, SAP and VMware. Blockchain remains very a good deal a rising technology, and the abilities had to increase and use it are in brief deliver. In a survey of deliver chain managers via way of means of APQC, a process-development and benchmarking association, 49% stated the blockchain abilities hole turned into amongst their largest challenges (M. Samaniego & R. Deters, 2016).

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