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Blockchain Technology: An Aid to the Governance of Smart Cities

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Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 933))

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Blockchain technology has spread its roots from the crypto-currency domain and found a way to handle the processes of data storage, data management, smart contracting, authentication, validation, trust-free transaction handling, and shared economy. In the era of smart cities, the shift from a system that depends upon conventional data management based on ledgers and government records to smarter, immutable and transparent blockchain mode of handling data and its transactions is inevitable. The success of ‘Bitcoin’ can be viewed as a proof of the success of blockchain technology, and thus, it should be seen as a breakthrough to solve various issues faced by digitization of transactions and crucial documents. The decentralized architecture of blockchain can support Internet of Things applications, governance of various smart businesses and smart cities beyond our imagination.

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  1. Department of Information Technology, Madhuben and Bhanubhai Patel Women’s Institute of Engineering, Gujarat Technological University, Anand, Gujarat, India

    Vishva Nitin Patel

  2. Anand Institute of Information Science, Anand, Gujarat, India

    Chhayaben Nitin Patel

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  1. Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia

    Milan Tuba

  2. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, ITM University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Shyam Akashe

  3. Sabar Institute of Technology, Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

    Amit Joshi

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Patel, V.N., Patel, C.N. (2020). Blockchain Technology: An Aid to the Governance of Smart Cities. In: Tuba, M., Akashe, S., Joshi, A. (eds) Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 933. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7166-0_36

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