Blockchain Technology – Support for Collaborative Systems

Blockchain technology is one of the most promising new technology, a new approach in data registration and distribution, and represents a new paradigm for how information is shared. Blockchain technology gained attention after the first application of this technology - Bitcoin blockchain - was deplo...

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Published in:Informatica economica 2020-06, Vol.24 (2/2020), p.15-26
Main Author: MATEI, Gheorghe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
bitcoin
Blockchain
Collaboration
Communication networks
Cryptography
Currency
Data retrieval
Digital currencies
Distributed ledger
hash
Health care industry
Mathematical functions
New technology
Peer to peer computing
peer-to-peer
private key
proof-of-stake
proof-of-work
public key
Supply chains
Third party
Trust
Voting systems
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Summary:Blockchain technology is one of the most promising new technology, a new approach in data registration and distribution, and represents a new paradigm for how information is shared. Blockchain technology gained attention after the first application of this technology - Bitcoin blockchain - was deployed. The tech community considers that blockchain is one of the most disruptive technologies and saw more possibilities of using it in many other sectors. The technology can create trusted, secured, transparent, verifiable, real-time communication networks capable to support almost everything, from payments networks to supply chains, real estate deals, healthcare data sharing, voting systems protected from falsification, etc. This paper aims to briefly present the blockchain technology and how it could be applied in a collaborative system in the healthcare industry.
ISSN:1453-1305
1842-8088
DOI:10.24818/issn14531305/24.2.2020.02