区块链物联网融合：研究现状与展望

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0255-8297.2021.01.015

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Abstract: With the rapid development of blockchain and Internet of things (IoT) technology, the research of integrating two technologies and the development of collaborating applications have become prominent. In order to help researchers in the field of blockchainIoT convergence to analyze and grasp the research hot-spots and trends conveniently, this paper extensively investigates current relevant research literature and summarizes a large number of relevant achievements according to the specific research content. This paper also makes a detailed comparison between the research works in our country and those of foreign counterparts, with an objective clarification of the advantages and disadvantages of these research works. Finally, based on the literature research results, this paper forecasts the development trend of the research on the convergence of blockchain and IoT.

Key words: blockchain, Internet of things (IoT), system architecture, consensus algorithm, convergence application

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YAO Zhongyuan, PAN Heng, ZHU Weihua, SI Xueming. Convergence of Blockchain and IoT: Research Status and Prospect[J]. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2021, 39(1): 174-184.

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