Department of Systemics, School of Computer Science, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248007, India.
Laboratory of Power Supply and Heat Supply, Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, 109428 Moscow, Russia.
Sensors (Basel). 2022 Jul 13;22(14):5238. doi: 10.3390/s22145238.
Over the last couple of years, Blockchain technology has emerged as a game-changer for various industry domains, ranging from FinTech and the supply chain to healthcare and education, thereby enabling them to meet the competitive market demands and end-user requirements. Blockchain technology gained its popularity after the massive success of Bitcoin, of which it constitutes the backbone technology. While blockchain is still emerging and finding its foothold across domains, Cloud computing is comparatively well defined and established. Organizations such as Amazon, IBM, Google, and Microsoft have extensively invested in Cloud and continue to provide a plethora of related services to a wide range of customers. The pay-per-use policy and easy access to resources are some of the biggest advantages of Cloud, but it continues to face challenges like data security, compliance, interoperability, and data management. In this article, we present the advantages of integrating Cloud and blockchain technology along with applications of Blockchain-as-a-Service. The article presents itself with a detailed survey illustrating recent works combining the amalgamation of both technologies. The survey also talks about blockchain-cloud services being offered by existing Cloud Service providers.
在过去的几年中,区块链技术已经成为金融科技、供应链、医疗保健和教育等各个行业领域的变革者,使它们能够满足竞争市场的需求和最终用户的要求。区块链技术在比特币取得巨大成功后获得了普及,它构成了比特币的核心技术。虽然区块链仍在各个领域中崭露头角并站稳脚跟,但云计算已经得到了很好的定义和确立。亚马逊、IBM、谷歌和微软等组织已经在云计算方面进行了大量投资,并继续为广泛的客户提供大量相关服务。按使用付费的政策和轻松访问资源是云计算的最大优势之一,但它仍然面临数据安全、合规性、互操作性和数据管理等挑战。在本文中,我们介绍了将云计算和区块链技术集成的优势,以及区块链即服务的应用。本文通过详细的调查展示了最近将这两种技术融合的工作。调查还介绍了现有云计算服务提供商提供的区块链-云服务。