Research Article

Blockchain Technology: Is It a Good Candidate for Securing IoT Sensitive Medical Data?

Table 2

Protocol data types and description.

Data Type Description

PubID The publisher ID needed for registration, and used by subscriber to subscribe to, of type String.

PubAddress The publisher address in the blockchain needed for registration, and used by subscriber to subscribe to, of type address.

SubID The subscriber ID needed for registration, of type String.

SubAddress The subscriber address in the blockchain needed for registration, of type address.

SensorInfo The sensor type and ID, of type String.

HashPointer The main data type transferred between publishers and subscribers, using the Notify function, can be of type base58.