Renovating blockchain with distributed databases: An open source system

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 90, Issue , 2019, Pages 105-117

  Muzammal, Muhammad ^a,b   Qu, Qiang ^a   Nasrulin, Bulat ^c  

^a SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BAHRIA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Blockchain; Blockchain application; Distributed databases

Indexed keywords

BLOCKCHAIN; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA STRUCTURES; DISASTERS; OPEN SYSTEMS; QUERY LANGUAGES; QUERY PROCESSING;

DATA MODIFICATION; DATA RELIABILITY; DATABASE APPLICATIONS; DISASTER RECOVERY BACKUPS; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; OPEN SOURCE SYSTEM; TAMPER RESISTANT;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 85050872506     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2018.07.042     Document Type: Article

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