Decentralized Applications: The Blockchain-Empowered Software System
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Blockchain technology has attracted tremendous attention in both academia and capital market. However, overwhelming speculations on thousands of available cryptocurrencies and numerous initial coin offering (ICO) scams have also brought notorious debates on this emerging technology. This paper traces the development of blockchain systems to reveal the importance of decentralized applications (dApps) and the future value of blockchain. We survey the state-of-the-art dApps and discuss the direction of blockchain development to fulfill the desirable characteristics of dApps. The readers will gain an overview of dApp research and get familiar with recent developments in the blockchain.
15 pages, 2 figures
- Chinese University of Hong Kong China (People's Republic of)
- University of British Columbia Canada
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Computer Science - Cryptography and Security, TK1-9971, software systems, Computer Science - Computers and Society, Blockchain, decentralized application, Computer Science - Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing, Computers and Society (cs.CY), survey, Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering, Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC), smart contract, Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Computer Science - Cryptography and Security, TK1-9971, software systems, Computer Science - Computers and Society, Blockchain, decentralized application, Computer Science - Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing, Computers and Society (cs.CY), survey, Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering, Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC), smart contract, Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
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