In recent years,blockchain technologies have expanded from the finance field to other areas that rely on trustbased solutions.The healthcare industry represents one such area,as digital transformation disrupts relatio...In recent years,blockchain technologies have expanded from the finance field to other areas that rely on trustbased solutions.The healthcare industry represents one such area,as digital transformation disrupts relationships between patients,healthcare professionals,and healthcare institutes.Patients and healthcare institutes lack a proficient tool to verify the credentials of medical professionals in a digital environment.Furthermore,healthcare professionals lack a tool where they are in control over their credentials.The first contribution of this paper is a proposal of a solution that leverages the private permissioned Hyperledger Fabric blockchain and smart contracts to provide a source of transparent trust for relationships within the healthcare industry.Second,we pave the ground for GDPR compliance by storing only the hash values on the blockchain.Third,we solve the problem of patient authentication by utilizing cryptographic techniques.Finally,we prove the usability of the proposed solution by implementing a user interface and creating a live deployment.展开更多
One of the major concerns regarding currently proposed public blockchain systems relates to the feasible transaction processing rate.It is common for such systems to limit this rate to maintain the required levels of ...One of the major concerns regarding currently proposed public blockchain systems relates to the feasible transaction processing rate.It is common for such systems to limit this rate to maintain the required levels of security and decentralisation.State channels are an approach to overcome this limitation,as they aim to decrease the required on-chain transactions for a given application and thus indirectly increase the capacity(in terms of applications)of public blockchain systems.In the present paper,we propose a state channel design that,through the use of RSA accumulators,operates on a compact state structure.This scheme is optimal for applications whose state includes large sets of elements.The novel state channel design is presented by analysing all state channel operations and how they have to be revised.The security of the design is discussed,while a practical use case scenario regarding the use of the design for an on-chain asset(e.g.,non-fungible tokens)exchange application is also analysed.展开更多
文摘In recent years,blockchain technologies have expanded from the finance field to other areas that rely on trustbased solutions.The healthcare industry represents one such area,as digital transformation disrupts relationships between patients,healthcare professionals,and healthcare institutes.Patients and healthcare institutes lack a proficient tool to verify the credentials of medical professionals in a digital environment.Furthermore,healthcare professionals lack a tool where they are in control over their credentials.The first contribution of this paper is a proposal of a solution that leverages the private permissioned Hyperledger Fabric blockchain and smart contracts to provide a source of transparent trust for relationships within the healthcare industry.Second,we pave the ground for GDPR compliance by storing only the hash values on the blockchain.Third,we solve the problem of patient authentication by utilizing cryptographic techniques.Finally,we prove the usability of the proposed solution by implementing a user interface and creating a live deployment.
文摘One of the major concerns regarding currently proposed public blockchain systems relates to the feasible transaction processing rate.It is common for such systems to limit this rate to maintain the required levels of security and decentralisation.State channels are an approach to overcome this limitation,as they aim to decrease the required on-chain transactions for a given application and thus indirectly increase the capacity(in terms of applications)of public blockchain systems.In the present paper,we propose a state channel design that,through the use of RSA accumulators,operates on a compact state structure.This scheme is optimal for applications whose state includes large sets of elements.The novel state channel design is presented by analysing all state channel operations and how they have to be revised.The security of the design is discussed,while a practical use case scenario regarding the use of the design for an on-chain asset(e.g.,non-fungible tokens)exchange application is also analysed.
