Blockchain-Based Distributed Marketplace

Kabi, Oliver R.; Franqueira, Virginia N. L.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-04849-5_17

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“…Blockchain is a sequence of blocks that holds the complete record of transactions [14] verified and validated by peer-to-peer nodes in network without using any central authority [15]. Recent Innovations in Blockchain technology have enabled the creation of smart contracts that automatically stores and executes code on the blockchain [16]. It also deals with the transferring of ether cryptocurrency in digital wallets without involving any trusted third party [17].…”

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A Blockchain-Based Framework for Distributed Agile Software Development

2022

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Distributed Agile Software Development (DASD) is one of the most important approach for the modern software industry that allows geographically independent development of software. In the past, different tools and frameworks were proposed to solve communication and collaboration issues in DASD but they lacked transparency, trust, traceability, and security. These shortcomings resulted in project failure or overdue, customer dissatisfaction, project deal cancellations, and payment clashes between the customers and development teams. This paper addresses and overcomes the major issues of transparency, trust, security, traceability, coordination, and communication in DASD by embedding blockchain technology. We have proposed a blockchain embedded framework named as AgilePlus which executes the smart contracts on a private ethereum blockchain for acceptance testing, secure payment, verification of developer's payment requirements, and automatic payment distribution into the digital wallets of development teams for ensuring trust between geographically distributed customers and developers. The execution of these smart contracts automatically assign penalties to the customers for late or non-payments and also to the developers for overdue tasks. Moreover, we have also solved the blockchain's scalability challenge in AgilePlus by utilizing Interplanetary File System (IPFS) as off-chain storage. Lastly, experimental results prove that the proposed framework enhances transparency, communication, coordination, traceability, security and solves trust issues of both customers and developers in DASD.

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A Blockchain-Based Framework for Distributed Agile Software Development

2022

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“…An example of a distributed marketplace was proposed in [261], where a marketplace contract lists the products and an escrow agent contract serves for resolution of disputes by a mediator (viz. single or group-based mediator).…”

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The Security Reference Architecture for Blockchains: Toward a Standardized Model for Studying Vulnerabilities, Threats, and Defenses

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Blockchains are distributed systems, in which security is a critical factor for their success. However, despite their increasing popularity and adoption, there is a lack of standardized models that study blockchain-related security threats. To fill this gap, the main focus of our work is to systematize and extend the knowledge about the security and privacy aspects of blockchains and contribute to the standardization of this domain.We propose the security reference architecture (SRA) for blockchains, which adopts a stacked model (similar to the ISO/OSI) describing the nature and hierarchy of various security and privacy aspects. The SRA contains four layers: (1) the network layer, (2) the consensus layer, (3) the replicated state machine layer, and (4) the application layer. At each of these layers, we identify known security threats, their origin, and countermeasures, while we also analyze several cross-layer dependencies. Next, to enable better reasoning about security aspects of blockchains by the practitioners, we propose a blockchain-specific version of the threat-risk assessment standard ISO/IEC 15408 by embedding the stacked model into this standard. Finally, we provide designers of blockchain platforms and applications with a design methodology following the model of SRA and its hierarchy.

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“…Blockchain-based marketplaces are supposed to have several advantages and benefits. For a distributed online marketplace based on Ethereum, [131] showed that costs are less than that of Amazon or eBay for a large number of users. Blockchain-based marketplaces have already been proposed for different use-cases, like IoT data [132], software testing [133], or trading of agricultural products between farmers and other stakeholders [134].…”

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Blockchain for Smart Mobility—Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

2021

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Today’s cities face numerous challenges due to climate change and urbanization. The concept of a smart city aims to help cities to address these challenges by adapting modern information and communication technology. Smart mobility and transportation form one important aspect of smart cities. Inefficient mobility in cities can lead to problems such as traffic congestion, which results in frustration for residents and a decrease in the quality of life. Against the backdrop of global warming, cities also strive to reduce CO2 emissions, an attempt which requires sustainable and novel mobility concepts. Blockchain is a current technology, said to have huge potential, that is being investigated for application in many facets of smart cities. In the context of smart mobility, blockchain can be used for transactions relating to ridesharing and electric charging, handling of interactions of platoon members, or serving as a foundation for communication between vehicles. Although initial research about this topic exists, it is distributed among different use-cases and applications. This article conducts a systematic literature review to analyze blockchain’s role in mobility and transportation in smart cities, and its potential to increase efficiency in these areas. With this review, we aim to consolidate and summarize the current knowledge about this topic. As a first result, we present the findings from our literature review, which can be divided into five categories of use-cases. We also present a platform for further research about this emerging topic by identifying promising future research avenues. For this purpose, we derive a future research agenda based on our findings.

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Blockchain-Based Distributed Marketplace

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Cited by 34 publications

References 15 publications

A Blockchain-Based Framework for Distributed Agile Software Development

A Blockchain-Based Framework for Distributed Agile Software Development

The Security Reference Architecture for Blockchains: Toward a Standardized Model for Studying Vulnerabilities, Threats, and Defenses

Blockchain for Smart Mobility—Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

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