Blockchain and Internet of Things for Smart Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The Internet of things (IoT), which supports ubiquitous information exchange and content sharing among smart devices with little or no human intervention, is a key enabler for various applications, such as smart city, smart grid, smart health, intelligent transportation systems, and so on. In a nutshell, the Internet of Things (IoT) is the convergence of connecting people, things, data, and processes; it is transforming our life, business, and everything in between. A secure and Smart IoT explores many aspects of the Internet of Things and explains many of the complicated principles of IoT and the new advancements in the IoT, including using fog computing, AI, and blockchain technology. In recent years, blockchain technology has been defined as a distributed ledger able to store information across several systems securely and to enable peer-to-peer transactions by creating a trustworthy source of ‘truth’ avoiding the “intermediaries of trust”. A wide range of smart applications can be imagined with the development of the IoT and blockchain, such as smart city, smart transportation, smart logistic, smart industry and smart agriculture, etc.

The Special Issue of the journal Applied Sciences, “Blockchain and the Internet of Things for Smart Applications”, aims to cover recent advances in the use of blockchain technology and the IoT in the development of a number of smart applications, obtained by researchers from both academia and industry.

Prof. Dr. Zheng Chang
Prof. Dr. Jun Wu
Dr. Shancang li
Guest Editors

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