Abstract
The current buzz in blockchain technology has largely highlighted its use in cryptocurrencies. Blockchain can offer many advantages, such as immutable data recording, transparency via the sharing of an encrypted ledger, and decentralized and tamper-resistant mechanisms. The availability of this infrastructure can potentially change computing paradigms and yield services for cloud resources in a more secure, private, decentralized, and performant environment.
Our exploration of blockchain use cases in current cloud computing settings spans a wide range of applications, such as the decentralized applications domain, which includes de-duplication, cloud storage, data security, property rights certification for digital content, cloud storage auditing, real-time services monitoring, Several of these use cases have been explored more broadly, not just in the blockchain context but from a technology-driven standpoint. We turn our attention to the combination of blockchain in a circular relationship with cloud computing technologies.
Keywords: cloud computing, blockchain technologies, decentralized applications, supply chain tracking, and digital identity .
