Blockchain : : Technology and Applications for Industry 4.0, Smart Energy, and Smart Cities / / Nataša Živić, Matevž Pustišek, Andrej Kos.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Pustišek, Matevž,; Kos, Andrej,; Živić, Nataša,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter STEM
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXII, 159 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of acronyms and abbreviations --; List of notions --; 1 Distributed ledger technologies --; 2 Decentralized applications --; 3 Distributed ledgers and internet of things --; 4 Selected use cases --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110681130; 9783110766820; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754070; 9783110753837
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110681130
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Nataša Živić, Matevž Pustišek, Andrej Kos.

Blockchains are seen as a technology for the future, which reduce the cost of trust and revolutionize transactions between individuals, companies and governments. The sense of using blockchains is to minimize the probability of errors, successful frauds and paper-intensive processes. For these reasons, blockchains already have and will have a significant impact to the society and every day’s life, especially in field of Machine to Machine (M2M) communications, which are one of the basic technologies for Internet of Things (IoT). Therefore, blockchains with their inherent property to provide security, privacy and decentralized operation are engine for todays and future reliable, autonomous and trusted IoT platforms. Specially, a disruptive role of ledger technologies in future smart personal mobility systems, which combine smart car industry, smart energy/smart cities will be explained in the book, considering its importance for development of new industrial and business models.