Title
EtherTwin: Blockchain-based Secure Digital Twin Information Management
Abstract
•EtherTwin, a blockchain-based Decentralized Application (DApp) for secure information management of Industry 4.0 assets using Digital Twins.•Secure information management, ensuring confidentiality through fine-grained access control and encryption, as well as providing integrity and availability based on the blockchain.•Quantitative and qualitative evaluation including performance/cost measurements as well as a real-world industry use case and expert interviews.•Full-featured open source prototype EtherTwin based on blockchain design patterns and state-of-the-art DApp technologies (Ethereum, Swarm).
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1016/j.ipm.2020.102425
Information Processing & Management
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Distributed ledgers,Blockchain,Digital twin,Industry 4.0,Decentralized application
Journal
58
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
0306-4573
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.42
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Benedikt Putz181.46
Marietheres Dietz2121.97
Philip Empl370.42
Günther Pernul41025203.04