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Use Cases of Smart Contracts in Decentralized Health Infrastructure

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The decentralized, peer-to-peer, distributed consensus, and anonymity aspects of blockchain technology have made it a popular research topic over the past decade. The blockchain technology eclipses regulatory issues and technical difficulties. A smart contract is a collection of self-executing, self-verifying, and tamper-resistant computer programs. Smart contracts incorporating blockchain technology are capable of performing a task in real time at a low cost and with a higher level of security. This paper explains the smart contract’s various components and operating mechanism. Identify and evaluate the various use cases of smart contracts, as well as the benefits of implementing smart contracts in blockchain applications. The study finishes with a discussion of implementation issues in the future real-world situation for smart contracts.

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  1. Department of Information Technology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya Vihar, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Sabita Khatri, Alka Agarwal & Raees Ahmad Khan

  2. Centre for Innovation and Technology, Administrative Staff College of India, Bella Vista, Raj Bhavan Road, Khairtabad, Hyderabad, India

    Rajeev Kumar

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  1. Government Engineering College, Bikaner, India

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  2. Government Engineering College, Bikaner, India

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  3. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India

    Rajesh Kumar

  4. University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan

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Khatri, S., Agarwal, A., Kumar, R., Khan, R.A. (2023). Use Cases of Smart Contracts in Decentralized Health Infrastructure. In: Goar, V., Kuri, M., Kumar, R., Senjyu, T. (eds) Advances in Information Communication Technology and Computing. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 628. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9888-1_40

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