WHERE IS CURRENT RESEARCH ON BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY?—A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

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Source :  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5047482/

Extract from Abstract

Blockchain is a decentralized transaction and data management technology developed first for Bitcoin cryptocurrency. In this research, we have conducted a systematic mapping study with the goal of collecting all relevant research on Blockchain technology. Our objective is to understand the current research topics, challenges and future directions regarding Blockchain technology from the technical perspective. We have extracted 41 primary papers from scientific databases. The results show that focus in over 80% of the papers is on Bitcoin system and less than 20% deals with other Blockchain applications including e.g. smart contracts and licensing. The majority of research is focusing on revealing and improving limitations of Blockchain from privacy and security perspectives, but many of the proposed solutions lack concrete evaluation on their effectiveness. Many other Blockchain scalability related challenges including throughput and latency have been left unstudied. On the basis of this study, recommendations on future research directions are provided for researchers.

Author Details : sujinchoi@sogang.ac.kr

Jesse Yli-Huumo,Dept of Innovation and Software ,Lappeenranta University of Technology,Finland

Deokyoon Ko,Dept of Computer Science & Engineering,Sogang University,Seoul,South Korea 

Published in Oct 2016