Blockchain Technology for Secure and Smart Applications Across Industry Verticals

The Blockchain Technology for Secure and Smart Applications across Industry Verticals, Volume 121, presents the latest information on a type of distributed ledger used for maintaining a permanent and tamper-proof record of transactional data. The book presents a novel compendium of existing and budding Blockchain technologies for various smart applications. Chapters in this new release include the Basics of Blockchain, The Blockchain History, Architecture of Blockchain, Core components of Blockchain, Blockchain 2.0: Smart Contracts, Empowering Digital Twins with Blockchain, Industrial Use Cases at the Cusp of the IoT and Blockchain Paradigms, Blockchain Components and Concepts, Digital Signatures, Accumulators, Financial Systems, and more.

This book is a unique effort to illuminate various techniques to represent, improve and authorize multi-institutional and multidisciplinary research in a different type of smart applications, like the financial system, smart grid, transportation system, etc. Readers in identity-privacy, traceability, immutability, transparency, auditability, and security will find it to be a valuable resource.

• Provides a snapshot of the state of current research based on the decentralized system that provides security and privacy to the smart applications
• Chapters cover the fundamental concepts of the newly emerged Blockchain technology along with, the various smart applications
• Helps to elucidate new trading platforms that provides business benefits like efficiency, auditability, traceability, transparency, feedback, and security

Dr. Niraj Kumar Jha is an Assistant Professor of Biotechnology at Galgotias University, India, with prior research affiliations at the Centre for Research Impact & Outcome (CRIO), Chitkara University, and Sharda University. His research portfolio encompasses over 200 peer-reviewed articles and scholarly reviews, along with an edited volume published by Springer, reflecting sustained contributions to biomedical research and translational science. According to Scopus metrics, Dr. Jha’s publications have garnered more than 10,000 citations, with an H-index exceeding 50, underscoring the broad impact and visibility of his work within the global scientific community. He is an elected Member of the Royal Society of Biology (MRSB), London, and has been recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in rankings compiled by Elsevier in collaboration with Stanford University. Dr. Jha actively contributes to scientific publishing and peer review as an associate editor for the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (IOS Press) and IET Nanobiotechnology (Wiley) and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals, including Scientific Reports. His research is centered on elucidating the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying complex diseases such as neurodegenerative disorders, cancer, and cardiovascular pathologies. His work particularly emphasizes the modulation of key signaling pathways and explores the therapeutic potential of natural products, phytochemicals, and synthetic small molecules in disease intervention.

Shubhani Aggarwal is at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, India

Pethuru Raj, PhD, is the principal AI architect at Infocion Inc., Bangalore. Previously, he worked as the vice president and chief architect at the AI division of Reliance Jio Platforms Ltd., Bangalore, IBM Global Cloud Centre of Excellence, Wipro Consulting Services, and Robert Bosch Corporate Research. He has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry and 9 years of research experience. He completed the CSIR-sponsored PhD at Anna University, Chennai. He conducted UGC-sponsored postdoctoral research in the Department of Computer Science and Automation at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He focuses on emerging technologies, including Generative and Agentic AI, AI Model Optimization Techniques, Cloud of Things, Cloud-native and Edge Computing Paradigms, Platform Engineering, 6G Communication, and Blockchain Technologies, as well as Quantum-safe Cryptography Algorithms. He has authored and edited over 75 technology books, published more than 60 research papers, and contributed to more than 55 book chapters.