The blockchain is a distributed technology which allows establishing trust among unreliable users who interact and perform transactions with each other. While blockchain technology has been mainly used for crypto-currency, it has emerged as an enabling technology for establishing trust in the realm of the Internet of Things (IoT). Nevertheless, a naive usage of the blockchain for IoT leads to high delays and extensive computational power. In this paper, we propose a blockchain architecture dedicated to being used in a supply chain which comprises different distributed IoT entities. We propose a lightweight consensus for this architecture, called LC4IoT. The consensus is evaluated through extensive simulations. The results show that the proposed consensus uses low computational power, storage capability and latency.
翻译:电链链是一种分布式技术,它使不可靠的用户能够相互交流和进行交易,从而建立信任。虽然电链技术主要用于加密货币,但它已成为在物联网领域建立信任的一种扶持性技术。然而,对电链链的天真使用导致高延迟和广泛的计算能力。在本文中,我们建议建立一个专门用于由不同分布式IoT实体组成的供应链的电链结构。我们对这一结构提出了轻量级共识,称为LC4IoT。通过广泛的模拟对共识进行评价。结果显示,拟议的共识使用低计算能力、储存能力和延迟力。