Karame Ghassan, Huth Michael, Vishik Claire
NEC Laboratories Europe, Heidelberg, Germany.
Imperial College London, London, UK.
R Soc Open Sci. 2020 Jun 3;7(6):200168. doi: 10.1098/rsos.200168. eCollection 2020 Jun.
This is the preface to a special issue in the journal Royal Society Open Science, themed around blockchain technology. Since this is still an emergent and interdisciplinary field, we first provide a gentle introduction into that larger topic. Then, we discuss why this technology has been criticized for not being energy-efficient. Next, we provide an analysis of recent developments in blockchain research that may help with making blockchain technology truly sustainable. Finally, we highlight some of the contributions made by papers in this special issue.
这是《皇家学会开放科学》期刊一期特刊的前言，该特刊以区块链技术为主题。由于这仍是一个新兴的跨学科领域，我们首先对这个更广泛的主题进行简要介绍。然后，我们讨论这项技术为何因能源效率不高而受到批评。接下来，我们分析区块链研究的最新进展，这些进展可能有助于使区块链技术真正实现可持续发展。最后，我们重点介绍本期特刊中论文所做出的一些贡献。
