Review Article

Blockchain Technology on Smart Grid, Energy Trading, and Big Data: Security Issues, Challenges, and Recommendations

Table 2

The use of IoT blockchain technology application field.

SectorThe use or application field

Smart citySmart transaction and data maintenance, facilitating digital data and data transactions, pollution control data, water management data, and energy management data are all examples of smart service offerings.
HealthcareHealth costs, hospital information systems, medication records, digitizing old medical records, digital case notes, electronic medical records, genome data, and vital signs are all examples of genomic data.
AgricultureAgriculture big data used for seed processing, agro-seed marketing, sales data, soil data, yields, agro-product shipping, and analytics
EnergyData on energy generation, demand, resource availability and raw material information, utility condition monitoring, resource tracking, and tariff data maintenance
ManufacturingManufacturing packaging data, product output data and management, actuators/sensors, automation, raw material, supplier data monitoring, and transaction data monitoring for product distribution
Transport and logisticsTransport records, vehicle tracking, toll data management, logistic service identifiers, shipment data, and container tracking and accurate distribution are all examples of transportation records.
OthersVirtual nations, voting and government, space development, precious and jewels metals, ownership, economic sharing, and digital content
DistributionMining chips, digital currencies, marketplace, sales records, storage records, transport records, used sales, and goods
BusinessImport and export data, tech industry digital documents, and transaction processing data have been used for financial analytics.
FinanceMoney trading, money deposits, money transfer, crowd funding, smart securities, smart contracts, social banking, digital transaction assets, and crypto currency are all examples of digital transaction assets.