Scalable framework for blockchain-based shared manufacturing

【Author】 Rozman, Nejc; Diaci, Janez; Corn, Marko

【Source】ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING

【影响因子】10.103

【Abstract】Shared Manufacturing is a new mode of social manufacturing based on the principles of a sharing economy. This paper presents a scalable framework for blockchain-based Shared Manufacturing that preserves the transparency and immutability characteristics of transaction records, which is critical to building trust between entities in blockchain-based systems. We define a blockchain-based protocol for the service execution according to the design principles of the sharing economy. We present a scalable integration of blockchain technology into the concept of Shared Manufacturing by employing cross-chain solutions. We discuss existing cross chain technologies regarding the requirements of Shared Manufacturing and propose hybrid approach. We compare implementations of the proposed framework on two different blockchain networks: Ethereum public network and Xdai sidechain network. We conduct user-oriented test to explore the performance (cost and time) of the implementations in realistic situations in order to justify the use of the sidechain technology. Results indicate that the implementation on the sidechains provides greater scalability than the implementation on the public blockchain network.

【Keywords】Shared manufacturing; Blockchain; Framework; Sidechain

【发表时间】2021 OCT

【收录时间】2022-01-01

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