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Jan 1, 2026·SSRN Electronic Journal
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Anatomy of Cryptocurrency Perpetual Futures Returns

Yi Cao, Pengfei Luo, Yuhan Cheng, Yizhe Dong

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Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
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Jan 1, 2026·International Journal of Modern Innovations and Emerging Trends
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Blockchain-Enabled Identity Systems for Secure e-Governance

Jana Novaková, Adi Lestari

Given that digital governance has achieved extensive spread and people rely increasingly on online services, affordable and trustworthy identity management is now one of the core pillars of contemporary e-Governance systems. Conventional identity systems are usually centralized, highly susceptible to cyber-attacks and most likely to breach privacy. Blockchain technology provides a decentralized, tamper-proof, and transparent system, which guarantees data integrity, data security, and the privacy of the user. In this paper, the authors research the adoption of blockchain-based identity management within e-Governance sites. We discuss available solutions, assess the risks along with their weaknesses and strengths, and suggest a design on how to introduce a safe blockchain-based identity system. Important efforts have been on developing a holistic system that brings smart contract, cryptographic protocols and distributed ledger technologies together to make citizen identification and authentication secure. The outcome of the results shows enhanced security, less identity fraud, and better data security, so there is a possibility of scalability and resilient e-Governance applications.

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Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Cryptography and Data Security
Access Control and Trust
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Jan 1, 2026·Frontiers in Emerging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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Blockchain-Enabled PO/Invoice Reconciliation: Automating Audit Trails for Public Infrastructure Grants

Project Manager- OSP Financial Controls & Forecasting, Aishwarya Korde

Traditional Purchase Order (PO)-to-invoice reconciliation processes in infrastructure finance are often fragmented, opaque, and vulnerable to error or manipulation, especially within public-sector grant-funded projects. Manual validation and spreadsheet-based tracking make it difficult to maintain transparency, traceability, and compliance across multiple 6stakeholders. This paper proposes a blockchain-enabled framework for automating audit trails in PO/invoice reconciliation, ensuring data integrity, accountability, and real-time verification of financial transactions. The study explores how distributed ledger technology (DLT) can integrate with existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to record procurement events—purchase orders, goods receipts, and invoices—on an immutable, time-stamped ledger. Smart contracts are introduced to automatically validate invoice–PO matches and flag anomalies in payment amounts, vendor identities, or project milestones. Using simulated public infrastructure grant data, the proposed framework compares blockchain-assisted reconciliation to traditional FP&A workflows on metrics such as accuracy, processing time, and audit readiness. The results demonstrate that blockchain-based reconciliation significantly enhances financial transparency, reduces manual effort, and mitigates fraud and double billing. Furthermore, integration with business intelligence dashboards enables continuous monitoring of fund utilization across projects. This research contributes to the emerging domain of financial technology in infrastructure governance by showing how blockchain can transform reconciliation from a reactive accounting process into a proactive, automated compliance mechanism.

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Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
Financial Literacy and Behavior
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Jan 1, 2026·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Rewiring Nigeria's Energy Future: Blockchain And The Possibility Of Peer‑to‑Peer Electricity Trading

O.B Ayoko

Blockchain technology is reshaping how electricity can be produced, traded, and governed, offering new possibilities for countries grappling with unreliable grids and persistent supply gaps. This paper investigates the emergence of blockchain‑enabled peer‑to‑peer (P2P) energy trading, using Nigeria as a lens to explore how decentralized digital infrastructure could redefine participation in electricity markets. Drawing on parallels with the rapid digitalization of financial services, the study examines how distributed ledger systems can support direct energy exchange between prosumers, shift utilities toward roles as market custodians, and improve system trust through transparent, tamper‑proof transaction records. The analysis evaluates regulatory readiness, technical prerequisites, and socioeconomic impacts within Nigeria's evolving energy ecosystem, where chronic shortages and grid instability create both urgency and opportunity for alternative market models. The findings highlight the potential for P2P trading to accelerate energy access, stimulate local investment, and catalyse a more resilient, consumer‑centric electricity sector.

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Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Smart Grid Energy Management
Water Governance and Infrastructure
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Jan 1, 2026·Open MIND
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K501 FRAMES: STRUCTURAL FOUNDATIONS, SYSTEM HARMONY, AND SEMANTIC STABILIZATION

Patrick Robert Miller

K501 is a deterministic temporal-structural integration framework designed to provide append-only state anchoring, canonical serialization, and hash-bound integrity across heterogeneous systems. The framework does not replace existing infrastructures such as databases, version control systems, or distributed ledgers. Instead, it operates as an optional structural overlay layer that encapsulates states in a formally defined frame model with explicit time anchoring (UTC + Unix Epoch). K501 focuses on: Deterministic canonical serialization Append-only historical discipline Explicit temporal positioning Snapshot-based integrity Cross-system structural interoperability The specification defines minimal compliance requirements for structural integration without modifying internal operational semantics of integrated systems. K501 is intended as a neutral structural discipline for temporal knowledge stabilization and reproducible state documentation. Peace 🕊️ Frames stehen nicht isoliert! Das ist eine formal belastbare Beschreibung. Keine Überhöhung.Kein AGI.Keine Spekulation.Aber diese hier ist solide. 🕊️

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Distributed systems and fault tolerance
Software System Performance and Reliability
Security and Verification in Computing
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Jan 1, 2026·Open MIND
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K501 Frames — Structural Integration Specification v1.0

Patrick Robert Miller

K501 is a deterministic temporal-structural integration framework designed to provide append-only state anchoring, canonical serialization, and hash-bound integrity across heterogeneous systems. The framework does not replace existing infrastructures such as databases, version control systems, or distributed ledgers. Instead, it operates as an optional structural overlay layer that encapsulates states in a formally defined frame model with explicit time anchoring (UTC + Unix Epoch). K501 focuses on: Deterministic canonical serialization Append-only historical discipline Explicit temporal positioning Snapshot-based integrity Cross-system structural interoperability The specification defines minimal compliance requirements for structural integration without modifying internal operational semantics of integrated systems. K501 is intended as a neutral structural discipline for temporal knowledge stabilization and reproducible state documentation. Peace 🕊️ Frames stehen nicht isoliert! Das ist eine formal belastbare Beschreibung. Keine Überhöhung.Kein AGI.Keine Spekulation.Aber diese hier ist solide. 🕊️

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Software System Performance and Reliability
Distributed systems and fault tolerance
Security and Verification in Computing
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Jan 1, 2026·Contributions to management science
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Blockchain for Banking

Vijaya Kittu Manda, Akhil John Mampilly

No abstract is available for this record.

Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
Knowledge Management and Technology
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