The paradigm of Internet of Things (IoT) is paving the way for a world, where many of our
daily objects will be interconnected and will interact with their environment in order to collect …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoTs) enables coupling of digital and physical objects using
worthy communication technologies and introduces a future vision where computing …

At the tip of the hype cycle, trust-free systems based on blockchain technology promise to
revolutionize interactions between peers that require high degrees of trust, usually facilitated …

There are now hundreds of cryptocurrencies in existence and the technological backbone of
many of these currencies is blockchain—a digital ledger of transactions. The competitive …

In the Internet of Things (IoT) scenario, the block-chain and, in general, Peer-to-Peer
approaches could play an important role in the development of decentralized and …

Patent management tasks involve many stakeholders from diverse disciplines and
hierarchies as well as from inside and outside the organization. By drawing on the …

Since its introduction in 2008, blockchain technology has outgrown its use in
cryptocurrencies and is now preparing to revolutionize a multitude of commercial …

Bitcoin is an immutable permissionless blockchain system that has been extensively used
as a public bulletin board by many different applications that heavily relies on its …

Many sectors, like finance, medicine, manufacturing, and education, use blockchain
applications to profit from the unique bundle of characteristics of this technology. Blockchain …

Distributed ledgers are becoming commonly used technologies to trace agrifood supply
chains in view of their safety, immutability, transparency, and scalability. In the present …