Blockchain Technology, Use cases and Content Delivery Network

Abstract

Blockchain is a distributed public ledger that contains all the digital transactions which is shared amongst the parties who participate in those transactions. It stores these transactions in such a way that it does not undergo any changes. Bitcoin is the popular application which makes use of the block chain technology. Many other applications like finance, real estate, IoT, supply chain etc use blockchain technology. The idea of the blockchain can be used by the content delivery networks to deliver the content to the customers in the reliable and secure manner. This technology has its own challenges and business opportunities which make it a fascinating concept from the perspective of research.