This study proposes an improved Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus RB-BFT based on the
reputation model to address the problems of low reliability of primary nodes and high …

Web providers publish service descriptions in a registry for clients to find and use in
conventional SOA. This design allows loosely connected service invocation but lacks a …

A typical Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) defines the usage of static sensors; however, the
growing focus on smart cities has led to a rise in the adoption of mobile sensors to meet the …

No one can dispute the disruptive impact of blockchain technology, which has long been
considered one of the major revolutions of contemporary times. Its integration into the …

In blockchain space, access control is a crucial aspect of smart contract development, as it
guarantees that only authorized users can execute specific functions within a contract. The …

The diversity of approaches for retaining participants in a Blockchain-based system
complicates benchmarking. The majority of proposals for rewarding and penalizing …

6G-enabled IoT demands effectively utilising scarce resources to provide massive scale in
network capacity. While blockchain-based resource sharing schemes have been proposed …

The emergence of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies has enabled the
development of innovative peer-to-peer (P2P) models for resource allocation, sharing, and …

Trust is an important factor in the success of P2P networks. It is needed to ensure that nodes
in the network can be trusted to behave honestly and to deliver on their promises (eg …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) brings connectivity to a large number of heterogeneous
devices, many of which may not be trustworthy. Classical authorisation schemes can protect …