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Exploring the Emerging Technologies Within the Blockchain Landscape

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Although blockchain technology was first introduced in 2008 and materialised in 2009, the early usage of blockchain were mainly limited to financial technologies, particularly cryptocurrencies. Later, blockchain became a widespread emerging technology, utilised in multifaceted sectors and applications. In fact, various new and innovative application of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies are still continuously being researched and explored. On the other hand, smart-contracts were first introduced in 1990s, however, it did not gain enough popularity until being integrated with blockchain technologies lately. The duo lately been seen as the key to many innovations in various industries and sectors. So, we took data from 1445 blockchain-related patent documents and tried to map out the historical and current trends in patenting activities in the blockchain field. This helps us get a better grasp of how blockchain technologies are evolving and being tracked. In addition to serving as an indicator of science and technology growth, patents are also used to judge the research potential and development of a particular technology.

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This work was funded by Xiamen University Malaysia Research Fund (XMUMRF) under grant numbers XMUMRF/2021-C8/IECE/0025 and XMUMRF/2022‐C10/IECE/0043.

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  1. Universiti Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Mohammad Ali Tareq

  2. Texas A&M University, College Station, College Station, TX, USA

    Piyush Tripathi

  3. Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

    Nurhayati Md. Issa

  4. Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

    Mahdi H. Miraz

  5. Wrexham University, Wrexham, UK

    Mahdi H. Miraz

  6. University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK

    Mahdi H. Miraz

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  2. University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Garfield Southall

  3. Universiteti Metropolitan Tirana, Tirana, Albania

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  4. University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK

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Tareq, M.A., Tripathi, P., Issa, N.M., Miraz, M.H. (2024). Exploring the Emerging Technologies Within the Blockchain Landscape. In: Miraz, M.H., Southall, G., Ali, M., Ware, A. (eds) Emerging Technologies in Computing. iCETiC 2023. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 538. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50215-6_13

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