Blockchain architectures promise disruptive innovation but factually they pose many architectural restrictions to classical service-based applications and show considerable design, implementation, and operations overhead. Furthermore, the relation between such overheads and user benefits is not clear yet. To shed light on the aforementioned relations, a service-based blockchain architecture was designed and deployed as part of a field study in real-life experimentation. An observational approach was then performed to elaborate on the technology-acceptance of the service-based blockchain architecture in question. Evidence shows that the resulting architecture is, in principle, not different than other less complex equivalents; furthermore, the architectural limitations posed by the blockchain-oriented design demand a significant additional effort to be put onto even the simplest of functionalities. We conclude that further research shall be invested in clarifying further the design principles we learned as part of this study as well as any trade-offs posed by blockchain-oriented service design and operation.
翻译:封锁链结构可能带来破坏性创新,但实际上它们给传统的基于服务的应用造成许多建筑限制,并显示出大量的设计、实施和业务间接费用。此外,这些间接费用与用户利益之间的关系尚不清楚。为了阐明上述关系,设计并部署了一个基于服务的封锁链结构,作为实际实验实地研究的一部分。随后采取了观察方法,以详细说明有关基于服务的安全链结构在技术上的接受情况。有证据表明,由此形成的结构原则上不不同于其他不太复杂的等同物;此外,以封锁链为主的设计所构成的建筑限制要求做出重大的额外努力,即使是最简单的功能。我们的结论是,应进一步开展研究,以进一步澄清我们作为这一研究的一部分而学到的设计原则,以及以链为主的服务设计和操作所产生的任何利弊。