Paper Info
Title
A Review on the Application of Blockchain to the Next Generation of Cybersecure Industry 4.0 Smart Factories.
Abstract
Industry 4.0 is a concept devised for improving the way modern factories operate through the use of some of the latest technologies, like the ones used for creating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), robotics, or Big Data applications. One of such technologies is blockchain, which is able to add trust, security, and decentralization to different industrial fields. This article focuses on analyzing the benefits and challenges that arise when using blockchain and smart contracts to develop Industry 4.0 applications. In addition, this paper presents a thorough review of the most relevant blockchain-based applications for Industry 4.0 technologies. Thus, its aim is to provide a detailed guide for the future Industry 4.0 developers that allows for determining how the blockchain can enhance the next generation of cybersecure industrial applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2908780
IEEE ACCESS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Blockchain,Industry 4.0,cybersecurity,IIoT,smart factory,industrial augmented reality,cyber-physical system,fog and edge computing,cloud computing,Big Data
Journal
7
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2169-3536
1
0.34
References 
Authors
67
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tiago M. Fernández-Caramés122618.31
Paula Fraga-Lamas224119.01