Proposing a Framework for Evaluating the Blockchain Platform

Abstract

the blockchain is an emerging technology with a core of a distributed ledger of connected blocks consisting of immutable transactions with decentralized management. The importance of blockchain technology and its impact in different domains highlights the need for understanding and evaluation of this technology. Understanding and evaluating technology from different aspects requires identifying the characteristics and specific criteria of that technology. In this regard, in this paper, after discussing the subject literature, the concept of the blockchain platform is described and a number of selected blockchain platforms are examined. Besides, the high-level benchmarking of the platform is evaluated from two aspects of the expected features of the platforms and their architectural components. Finally, due to the importance and significance of the criteria and their frequency, a set of effective criteria is chosen and accordingly, selected platforms of the blockchain are analyzed.