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Public Tendering Processes Based on Blockchain Technologies

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The lack of transparency is one of the problems affecting public tendering processes. In this paper, we will study some of the solutions based on blockchain technology and smart contracts on this topic. The conclusions are that the application of blockchain technology to public bidding processes is feasible, although it is also necessary to take into account the legislation of each country to which it will be applied.

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The research of Yeray Mezquita is supported by a pre-doctoral fellowship from the University of Salamanca and Banco Santander. Also, this work has been partially supported by the Salamanca Ciudad de Cultura y Saberes Foundation under the Talent Attraction Program (CHROMOSOME project).

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  1. Departamento de Informática, University of Minho, ALGORITMI Center, Braga, Portugal

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  2. DIBRIS, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

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  3. Data Management Group, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Josep L. Larriba-Pey

  4. Department Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, ETS de Ingenierias Informática y de Telecomunicación, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

    Francisco Herrera

  5. BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Pablo Chamoso

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Mezquita, Y. (2021). Public Tendering Processes Based on Blockchain Technologies. In: Novais, P., Vercelli, G., Larriba-Pey, J.L., Herrera, F., Chamoso, P. (eds) Ambient Intelligence – Software and Applications . ISAmI 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1239. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58356-9_25

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