Introduction and background: Blockchain and smart contracts

Ingo Weber

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81409-0_1

Introduction and background: Blockchain and smart contracts

Ingo Weber

Technische Universität Berlin

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This chapter introduces blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs), smart contracts, and how they work. The relevance of these technologies will be discussed in brief for a set of use cases. DLT, blockchain, and smart contracts allow building a distinct set of applications, which we refer to as blockchain-based applications. For such applications, we will discuss the main architectural concerns, including processes for assessing the suitability of blockchain and for designing blockchain-based applications, what to handle on-chain and what to keep off-chain, as well as the main characteristics of blockchain as a base technology. Finally, we will give an overview of architectural design patterns for blockchain-based applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Blockchain and Robotic Process Automation
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1-11
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030814090
ISBN (Print)	9783030814083
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81409-0_1
State	Published - 1 Jan 2022
Externally published	Yes

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