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What is Blockchain and How Can it Help My Business? (Extended Tutorial Summary)

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Service-Oriented Computing – ICSOC 2023 Workshops (ICSOC 2023)

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The content of this tutorial is drawn from a recent textbook that the authors have published. The book aims at introducing blockchain from scratch, providing first an implementation-agnostic view of the mechanisms underpinning blockchain, like immutable databases, consensus mechanisms, and smart contracts. Then, it moves to presenting the most prominent blockchain systems and platforms currently available. These range from widely known public blockchains and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, to platforms for building private blockchain network systems, such as Hyperledger Fabric. Next, the book introduces a set of tools to support decision making regarding the suitability of blockchain for a given business scenario. The book explains how business models can be used to analyze blockchain-based business scenarios. The book ends with illustrating how a blockchain system can be part of an innovative business application landscape.

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  1. Comuzzi, M., Grefen, P., Meroni, G.: Blockchain for Business: IT Principles into Practice. Routledge, Milton Park (2023)

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  1. Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Korea

    Marco Comuzzi

  2. Eindhoven University of Technology and Eviden Digital Transformation Consulting, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Paul Grefen

  3. Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

    Giovanni Meroni

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  1. Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Flavia Monti

  2. Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Pierluigi Plebani

  3. École de Technologie Supérieure, Montréal, QC, Canada

    Naouel Moha

  4. University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Hye-young Paik

  5. University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

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  6. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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  7. University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

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  8. TU/e – JADS, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Damian A. Tamburri

  9. Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Massimo Mecella

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Comuzzi, M., Grefen, P., Meroni, G. (2024). What is Blockchain and How Can it Help My Business? (Extended Tutorial Summary). In: Monti, F., et al. Service-Oriented Computing – ICSOC 2023 Workshops. ICSOC 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14518. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0989-2_28

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