IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/igg/jissc0/v10y2019i2p1-14.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Paradigms of Blockchain Technology: Myths, Facts & Future

Author

Listed:
  • Robin Singh Bhadoria

    (Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India)

  • Vaibhav Agasti

    (Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India)

Abstract

The invention of blockchain technology has paved the way for the decentralization of existing systems. Blockchains have consistently delivered prominent applications, particularly in the finance sector. The most popular application of blockchain is cryptocurrency. Blockchain technology however has a variety of applications beyond cryptocurrencies. This article discusses the basics of blockchain technology along with some of its potential applications. With the rising use of this technology, the security of these systems is a major concern. The security threats and risks to blockchain systems are also reviewed along with the tools and methodologies to prevent and handle it in more sophisticated manner.

Suggested Citation

  • Robin Singh Bhadoria & Vaibhav Agasti, 2019. "The Paradigms of Blockchain Technology: Myths, Facts & Future," International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC), IGI Global, vol. 10(2), pages 1-14, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jissc0:v:10:y:2019:i:2:p:1-14
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/IJISSC.2019040101
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:igg:jissc0:v:10:y:2019:i:2:p:1-14. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Journal Editor (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.igi-global.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.