Research Area:  Blockchain Technology

Abstract:

Both blockchain technologies and cloud computing are contemporary emerging technologies. While the application of Blockchain technologies is being spread beyond cryptocurrency, cloud computing is also seeing a paradigm shift to meet the needs of the 4th industrial revolution (Industry 4.0). New technological advancement, especially by the fusion of these two, such as Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS), is considered to be able to significantly generate values to the enterprises. This article surveys the current status of BaaS in terms of technological development, applications, market potentials and so forth. An evaluative judgement, comparing amongst various BaaS platforms, has been presented, along with the trajectory of adoption, challenges and risk factors. Finally, the study suggests standardisation of available BaaS platforms.

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Author(s) Name:  Md Mehedi Hassan Onik & Mahdi H. Miraz

Publisher name:  Springer

DOI:  10.1007/978-3-030-23943-5_1

Volume Information:  Volume 35,(2019)

Paper Link:   https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-23943-5_1