Blockchain Technology and It’s Applications in E-Governance Services
Om Pal1, Surendra Singh2
1Om Pal*, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India.
2Surendra Singh, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India.
Manuscript received on November 12, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on November 25, 2019. | Manuscript published on 30 November, 2019. | PP: 5795-5802 | Volume-8 Issue-4, November 2019. | Retrieval Number: D8599118419/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.D8599.118419
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Abstract: Blockchain Technology is one of the most popular technologies of present days. This technology has the capability to eliminate the requirement of third party to validate the transactions over the Peer-to-Peer network. Due to various features of Blockchain like smart contract, consensus mechanism, network transactions are completed securely, efficiently and timely. This technology is very useful in many areas including medical, IoT, e-Governance services, smart cities, taxation, supply chain, banking etc. In this paper, we discuss the Blockchain Technology in detail, its data structure, open source platform like Ethereum and Hyperledger, technical aspects of this technology, possible applications of this technology, challenges and limitations in adaptation of this technology.
Keywords: Blockchain, Bitcoin, e-Governance, Smart Contract, Merkle Tree, Hyperledger, Ethereum.
Scope of the Article: Block Chain-Enabled IoT Device and Data Security and Privacy.