Index
The Emerald Handbook of Blockchain for Business
ISBN: 978-1-83982-199-8, eISBN: 978-1-83982-198-1
Publication date: 9 March 2021
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(2021), "Index", Baker, H.K., Nikbakht, E. and Smith, S.S. (Ed.) The Emerald Handbook of Blockchain for Business, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 417-433. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-198-120211030
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INDEX
Account hacking
, 269
Account state
, 149–150
Accounting. See also Auditing
, 25–26, 39, 351–352
for crypto assets
, 342–344
systems
, 146–147
treatment
, 346
Ackerman case
, 229
Actual cash value (ACV)
, 219
Ad valorem taxis
, 312–313
Advanced financial services
, 75–76
Advanced network-based information systems
, 275
Aflac (AFL)
, 279
Agent
, 31
Agent-based models (ABMs)
, 134
Agile model
, 270
AIP gateway
, 167
Air-gapped asset
, 349
Airdrops
, 245, 248
Algorand
, 75
Alternative history attack
, 111
Altman Z-score
, 40
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
, 359–360
Anonymity
, 68, 72
Anonymity data
, 90–91
Application blockchain interface (ABCI)
, 176
Application programming interfaces (APIs)
, 166, 284–285, 334
Application specific integrated circuits (ASICs)
, 73, 109
Artificial intelligence (AI)
, 10, 35–38, 189, 191–197, 294
applications with database and extension with blockchain
, 197–200
blockchain technology and
, 42
combining AI and blockchain for managing and monetizing healthcare data
, 300–301
data analytics
, 192–193
data capture
, 191
data computing
, 192
data storage
, 191–192
descriptive analytics
, 193–195
in other domains and extension with blockchain
, 199–200
predictive analytics
, 195–196
prescriptive analytics
, 197
system infrastructure
, 191–192
Artificial neural networks (ANNs)
, 36
Asset backed tokens
, 75
Asset-backed coins. See Stablecoins
Association rules
, 193–194
Assurance
, 360–362
services
, 359
Asynchronous byzantine fault tolerant (aBFT)
, 76–77
ATBCOIN
, 230
Atomic swaps
, 184–185
Audit
, 360
Auditing. See also Accounting
access and validation controls
, 366–369
blockchain governance
, 365–366
digital assets
, 359
digital assets on blockchain
, 363–364
external auditing and assurance
, 360–362
internal controls over financial reporting
, 364–371
limitations and challenges to auditors
, 370–371
management’s assertions and audit evidence utilizing blockchain
, 361
rights
, 363–364
smart contract testing
, 369–370
valuation
, 363
Auditing Standard 1105
, 362
Auditors, limitations and challenges to
, 370–371
Authenticity
, 126
Automation
, 18–19
Availability
, 296
Balancing feedback loop
, 134
Bank Secrecy Act
, 224
Bayesian statistics
, 195–196
BC. See Bitcoin (BTC)
Big data
, 193
Binance
, 27, 348
Bitcoin (BTC)
, 7, 19–20, 34, 70–71, 74–75, 85, 88, 99, 101, 171, 175, 252, 325
background economics and limitations
, 174–175
blockchain
, 103–108, 171
PoW example case
, 103–108
protocol
, 75
Block
, 52–54
reward
, 132
Blockchain
, 3–7, 9–10, 13, 15, 17–24, 31, 50–52, 141, 157, 207, 275, 297, 359
architecture of
, 52–55
auditing digital assets on
, 363–364
block hashing
, 56
blockchain for sustainable development
, 40
business process improvement
, 40–41
components
, 15–16
concepts
, 50
consensus
, 20–21
consensus algorithms
, 59–60
credit scoring
, 34–37
crypto tax compliance
, 252–254
cryptocurrency
, 16–17
cryptographic hashing
, 55–56
decentralization
, 51–52
decreased costs
, 163–164
distributed ledger
, 57–59
efficiency
, 160
elements
, 157–159
FAQs applied retroactively or as of date of issuance
, 247
Forced Fit to and
, 226
foreign reporting guidance
, 249
fraud detection using
, 43–44
governance
, 365–366
Hard Forks and Airdrops
, 248
and healthcare industry
, 41–43
immutability
, 52
implementation
, 27
importance in internet age
, 23–24
interoperability
, 166–167
interpreting third-party information reporting standards
, 248–249
key properties of
, 51
lack of standardization
, 165
managing food supply
, 37–38
managing water usage during climate change
, 37
Merkle hash tree and root
, 57
models
, 24–25
obstacles to blockchain adoption
, 26
operational procedure
, 60–61
predicating customer default in e-commerce
, 44
promise of
, 25–27, 160–164
real-time accounting and credit-risk modeling
, 39–40
regulatory ambiguity
, 167–168, 246–252
review and emerging applications
, 32–45
second chance of
, 174
sharing services
, 38–39
signature
, 57
speed and scalability
, 164–165
staking reward taxation
, 249–251
state of
, 172–173
tax implications of virtual currency
, 241–246
taxation related to capital formation
, 251–252
technical challenges
, 61–62, 164–167
technology
, 3–4, 55–60, 223, 259–261, 325
as tool to break poverty chain
, 44–45
traceability
, 162–163
transparency
, 160–162
types of blockchain networks
, 50–51
virtual currency question
, 251
2019 Virtual Currency Guidance
, 246–247
for voting
, 280–281
Blockchain adoption
, 301–305
barriers
, 301–304
blockchain-based healthcare systems
, 304–305
challenges and considerations to blockchain implementation
, 267–269
data malleability challenges
, 269
data size and system bandwidth challenges
, 268
decision metrics
, 267
evaluating organizational capabilities
, 264–267
identifying purpose for implementing blockchain
, 261–262
identifying real cost of implementing blockchain
, 262–264
implementation risks
, 265–266
life cycle approach to implementation
, 270–272
maintaining blockchain
, 267
personnel qualifications
, 265
preparing for blockchain implementation
, 260–264
system latency challenges
, 268
system scalability challenges
, 268–269
system security challenges
, 269
system throughput challenges
, 268
technical and organizational capability
, 265
technological challenges
, 268–269
total cost of ownership
, 266
transaction authentication challenges
, 269
Blockchain applications
investment management and reporting
, 321–322
for mortgage originations
, 319
for mortgage servicing
, 319–320
physical maintenance and monitoring
, 321
property management and leasing for
, 320–321
for real estate finance
, 318–322
to real estate operations
, 320–322
for real estate transactions
, 316–318
for secondary market operations
, 320
Blockchain layers
, 83–85
CBDCs
, 92–93
comparing private and public blockchains
, 86–88
evaluating non–public blockchain
, 96–97
motivating hybrid blockchains
, 88–92
payment system projects by monetary authorities
, 93–94
private blockchains
, 85–86
transportation tracking
, 94
Blockchain networks
, 121
model selection
, 264
Blockchain-based digital assets
, 121
Blockchain-based evaluation systems
, 38
Blockchain-based healthcare data management
, 298–301
combining AI and blockchain for managing and monetizing healthcare data
, 300–301
on-and off-chain data management
, 299–300
Blockchain-based healthcare systems
, 304–305
Blockchain-based identity management approaches
, 304–305
Blockchain-based property record
, 317
Blockchain-based sharing services
, 39
Blockchain-powered real property records
, 315–316
Borderless money
, 19–20
“Break-glass” mechanisms
, 303
Bribery attack
, 114
BTC for Liquid Bitcoin (L-BTC)
, 179–180
Burn-and-mint equilibrium model (BME model)
, 129
Burn-and-mint tokens
, 129
Business applications of blockchain
, 146–149
business-to-business transactions made secure and simple
, 148–149
positive disruptions in business practices
, 146–148
Business model
, 167
Business process improvement
, 40–41
Business-to-business transactions (B2B transactions)
, 148–149
Business-to-consumer transactions (B2C transactions)
, 148
Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT)
, 59–60, 100
Byzantine Generals’ Problem
, 100
Byzantine-fault tolerance method
, 116–117
Capital
, 351
CargoX
, 332
Cash conversion cycle (CCC)
, 329
Censorship resistance
, 68, 71–72
Central bank cryptocurrency (CBCC)
, 92–93
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)
, 17, 91–93
Central processing units (CPUs)
, 101
Centralization
, 22
of mining
, 109–110
Centroid-based clustering
, 194
Certified Professional Accountants (CPA)
, 359–360
Chain-split refresher
, 178
Chainanchor
, 148
Chainlink
, 182
Charitable contributions of virtual currencies
, 245
Chief financial officer (CFO)
, 212
CKAN
, 122
Class action litigation
, 229–230
Classical AI
, 189
Climate change, water usage management during
, 37
Closing process
, 316
CLSNet
, 286
Clustering
, 194–195
Coin
, 32
CoinTracker. io
, 253–254
Cold wallet
, 349
Commercial crime
insurance policies
, 209–212
policies
, 10
Commercial general liability policies (CGL policies)
, 213–216
Commodities Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC)
, 11, 241, 343
Complex adaptive dynamics Computer-Aided Design (cadCAD)
, 135
Computational problem solving
, 34
Computer fraud
, 212–213
Confidentiality
, 295
Conflict minerals
, 162–163
Consensus
, 99, 176
methodology
, 15, 21
protocols
, 55, 68–71
Consensus algorithms
, 8, 49–50, 59–60
BFT
, 60
PoET
, 60
PoS
, 60
PoW
, 59
Consensus mechanisms
, 8, 99–100, 143, 325–326
Byzantine-fault tolerance method
, 116–117
DBFT
, 116–117
delegated proof of stake
, 114–115
other consensus mechanisms
, 114–117
PBFT
, 116–117
PoA
, 116
PoB
, 116
PoC
, 116
PoET
, 115
PoR
, 115–116
PoW
, 101–103
ProgPoW
, 115
proof of stake
, 112–114
proof of storage
, 115
proof of work/proof of stake hybrid
, 115
Consortium blockchain
, 85–86, 94, 159, 171
model
, 25
Constraints
, 133
Consumer adoption of blockchain
blockchain improvement
, 144–146
business applications
, 146–149
consumer applications
, 149–151
effect on individuals
, 149–151
functions in government
, 143–144
government applications
, 142–146
Control disclosures
, 352–354
Convex programming
, 197
CoreLogic
, 315–316
Corporate governance
, 39
Cosmos
, 176–177
Cost
, 23, 88
Cost identification of implementing blockchain
, 262–264
adapting internal procedures and processes
, 264
attracting and retaining qualified people
, 264
data conversion and programming costs
, 263–264
hardware costs
, 262
selecting blockchain network model
, 264
software costs
, 262–263
COVID-19
, 18–19, 162–163
virus
, 304
Credit reporting
, 35
Credit scoring
, 34–37
Credit-risk modeling
, 39–40
Crime policies
, 209
Cross-authenticatio
, 167
Cross-border logistics
, 331–332
Cross-chain
atomic swaps
, 184–185
chain-split refresher
, 178
compatibility
, 185–186
interoperability approach
, 167
technology
, 177–178
Crypto accounting. See also Bitcoin (BTC)
accounting for crypto assets
, 342–344
control disclosures
, 352–354
custody
, 348–349
disclosures
, 351
governmentally managed crypto assets
, 349–351
smart contracts
, 354–355
stablecoin reporting
, 346–348
Crypto assets. See also Bitcoin (BTC)
, 13, 17–18, 22, 341
accounting for
, 342–344
complicating factors
, 343–344
ecosystem
, 21–22
governmentally managed
, 349–351
intangible classification
, 342–343
technology
, 20
valuation of
, 344–346
volatility
, 343
Crypto collectibles
, 128
Crypto exchanges
, 75
Crypto R
, 245
Crypto S
, 245
Crypto tax compliance
, 252–254
ideology
, 254
poor to no information reporting
, 253
reconciliation burden
, 253–254
Crypto tokens
, 121–122
Cryptocurrencies. See also Virtual currencies (VCs)
, 13, 16–17, 67, 126, 207, 219, 220, 223, 254, 299, 341, 343
agnostic
, 285
bitcoin
, 4
Forced Fit to and
, 226
options
, 6
sheer volatility of
, 224
Cryptoeconomics
, 8, 67, 69–71, 132–133
Cryptographic/cryptography
, 31, 341
algorithms
, 49
hash
, 102
hashing
, 49–50, 55–56
signature
, 146–147
tokens
, 121
“Cryptographically secured ledger”
, 223
Cryptopia
, 348
Currency
, 20
option
, 283
swap
, 283–284
Custody
, 348–349
Cyber insurance policies
, 10, 216–219
Cybersecurity
, 27
threat
, 223–224
Cypherpunks
, 175–176
Dai (cryptocurrency-backed stablecoin)
, 127
Danish tax authority (SKAT)
, 288
DAO Hack
, 178
dApps
, 132
Dash
, 249–250
Data
, 189
analytics
, 192–193
breach
, 216
capture
, 191
computing
, 192
conversion and programming costs
, 263–264
immutability
, 89–90
management
, 312–313
mining
, 189
privacy
, 90–91
processing
, 22
science
, 189
storage
, 191–192
traceability
, 296
Database
, 190
De Facto interoperability
, 175–176
Decentralization
, 9, 22, 51–52, 68, 71, 159, 172–173, 370–371
Decentralized applications (dApps)
, 8, 125, 171
Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)
, 75–76, 89, 135–136, 207, 223
Decentralized cryptocurrencies
, 16–17, 344
Decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges (DEXs)
, 75–76
Decentralized finance (DeFi)
, 76, 171
Decentralized markets
, 68
Decentralized network governance
, 135–136
Decentralized P2P blockchain networks
, 8
Decision metrics
, 267
Decision tree
, 195
Delegated Byzantine fault tolerant (DBFT)
, 116–117
Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS)
, 68–70, 114–115
Demand–supply matching problem
, 325–326
Denial of service attack (DoS attack)
, 111
Denial-of-service attacks
, 269
Density-based methods
, 194
Depository Trust and Clearing Company (DTCC)
, 278–279
Depository Trust Corporation (DTC)
, 278–279
Descriptive analytics
, 193–195
association rules
, 193–194
clustering
, 194–195
DevOps model
, 270
DGB
, 194–195
Difficulty target
, 53
Digest. See Cryptographic hash
Digital
age
, 207
assets
, 363
currency
, 141–142
tokens
, 75, 126
transactions
, 3–4
Digitization
, 18–19
Digitizing identities on blockchain for real estate
, 287
Digix Gold Token (DGX)
, 91–92
“Dimensional interference”
, 37
Discount tokens
, 129
Discrete token
, 126
Distributed computing
, 68
Distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS)
, 71–72
Distributed hash table (DHT)
, 299
Distributed ledger
, 49–50, 55, 57–59
Distributed ledger technology (DLT)
, 3–4, 83, 90, 275, 277
layer Hierarchy of
, 90
layer–component–process configuration of
, 84
Distributed network
, 3–4
Distribution
, 9, 158
Dividend payments, blockchain for
, 287–288
Double spending
, 99, 110
problem
, 59
Double-spend attack
, 268
Double-spend problem
, 171
Double-spending
, 18
problem
, 23, 32
Dual coin system
, 92
Due diligence
, 316–317
E-commerce
, 23
predicating customer default in
, 44
Electronic funds transfer (EFT)
, 34
Electronic health records (EHR)
, 41, 294–295
Electronic medical sharing
, 43
Electronic voting
, 278
Encryption
, 9, 15–16, 158
Enigma
, 148
Enterprise implementation
, 88
Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
, 327, 333, 334
EOS
, 7
EOSIO
, 74–77
Equifax
, 35
Escrow
, 220
Ether. See Ethereum (ETH)
Ethereum (ETH)
, 7, 74–76, 126, 130, 175, 207–208, 231
blockchain
, 88
chain
, 178
Ethereum-based NFTs
, 131
Ethereum Classic chain (ETC chain)
, 178
Exchange-traded fund (ETF)
, 127–128
Exonum
, 300
Experian
, 35
External auditing and assurance
, 360–362
Fair market value (FMV)
, 242
Fair value measurement
, 363
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
, 208–209
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
, 282
Fiat currency
, 17–18
51% attack
, 114
Finance, AI in
, 198
Finance, blockchain applications in
blockchain for dividend payments
, 287–288
blockchain in real estate
, 286–287
FX trading
, 283–286
insurance applications
, 281–282
opportunities and limitations of blockchains
, 276–277
shareholder voting
, 277–281
Financial accounting
, 359–360
reports
, 39
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
, 341
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen)
, 11, 224, 241
Financial crisis
, 40
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
, 11, 241
Financial networks
, 68
Financial reporting
, 35–36
internal controls over
, 364–371
Financial resources
, 351
Financial services and markets
, 25–26
Financial statement auditing
, 362
Finney attack
, 110
First-in, first out (FIFO)
, 39, 242
Flight insurance, blockchain application in
, 281–282
Food safety and transportation
, 25–26
Food supply management
, 37–38
FoodTrust
, 332
Forced Fit to cryptocurrency and blockchain
, 226
Ford Motor (F)
, 279
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
, 249
Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR)
, 249
Foreign exchange (FX)
, 12, 275
blockchain applications in
, 284–286
blockchain in practice for
, 286
operations
, 284
swap
, 283
Foreign reporting guidance
, 249
Forks
, 245
Foundation for Interwallet Operability (FIO)
, 183–184
Fraud detection using blockchain technology
, 43–44
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
, 11, 242, 247
applied retroactively or as of date of issuance
, 247
Functional system
, 316–317
Fundraising events
, 223
Funds transfer fraud
, 209
FX trading. See also Foreign exchange (FX)
, 283–286
instruments
, 283–284
key participants
, 283
Gen-Z individuals
, 24
General Data Protection Regulation in Europe
, 304
Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
, 244
Genesis block
, 54
Genetic algorithms (GA)
, 36
Genetic programming (GP)
, 36, 44
Genie Energy (GNE)
, 279
Geocoding
, 313
Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
, 123
Global positioning system (GPS)
, 191
Global shipping
, 331–332
Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN)
, 331–332
Governance tokens
, 128–129
Governmentally managed crypto assets
, 349–351
government crypto asset example
, 350–351
Graphic processing units (GPUs)
, 109, 192
Great Depression (1929)
, 225
Grid-based methods
, 194–195
Grinding attack. See Precomputing attack
Hackers
, 150
Hard fork
, 76, 208, 248
Hardware costs
, 262
Hardware demand
, 109
Hash code
, 143
Hash Ids
, 32
Hash value
, 56
Hashes
, 34
Hashing
, 101
HawkClient smart contract system
, 180
Health information exchanges (HIE)
, 41, 294–295
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
, 296
Healthcare, blockchain applications in
applying blockchain in different healthcare scenarios
, 297–298
blockchain adoption
, 301–305
blockchain-based healthcare data management
, 298–301
motivation and advantages of
, 295–298
requirements
, 295–296
Healthcare
, 27
AI in
, 198–199
blockchain and healthcare industry
, 41–43
blockchain applications in
, 12
Heuristic search
, 197
HL Fabric
, 286
Hot wallet
, 348, 349
Howey test
, 210, 225, 228–232
Human error in recording office
, 318
Hybrid blockchain
, 34, 85
applications
, 91
data immutability
, 89–90
data privacy and anonymity
, 90–91
motivating
, 88–92
stablecoins
, 91–92
Hybridizing AI
, 37
Hyperledger (HL)
, 284–286
Fabric
, 299–300
Sawtooth’s framework
, 60
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
, 124–125
IBM
, 262
e-BL project
, 94–95
Food Trust
, 330
Identification (ID)
, 242
“Identity-checking” blockchain
, 89
“Immunity passports”
, 304–305
Immutability
, 9, 52, 101, 158, 370–371
Inflation
, 19
Information frictions
, 161
Information system (IS)
, 276
Information technology (IT)
, 262
Information technology general controls (ITGCS)
, 365
Initial coin offerings (ICOs)
, 75, 128, 223, 251–252
Initial exchange offerings (IEOs)
, 251–252
Innovation frictions
, 161–162
Insurance
, 25–26, 207
claims
, 27
Insurance applications, blockchain and
, 281–282
application in flight insurance
, 281–282
application in risk-pooling
, 282
Insurance Services Office (ISO)
, 215–216
Integrating technology
, 38
Integrity
, 295–296
Intellectual property
, 25–27
management
, 41–42
Intended audience
, 6
Inter Planetary File System (IPFS)
, 299
Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol (IBC protocol)
, 176
Interaction frictions
, 161
Interest income
, 250
Internal controls over financial reporting
, 364–371
Internal Revenue Bulletins (IRBs)
, 247
Internal Revenue Code (IRC)
, 250
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
, 10–11, 214, 224, 241, 247, 346
International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
, 341
Internet
, 49, 173–174, 316
of blockchains
, 23–24, 172
Internet 2.0
, 15
Internet of Things Application (IOTA)
, 171–172
Internet Protocol (IP)
, 124–125
Interoperability
, 9–10, 26, 171–172, 285
innovations in
, 184
Interoperability of blockchain (Interopchains)
, 166–167, 176–177
Cosmos
, 176–177
cross-chain technology
, 177–178
Polkadot
, 177
Interoperation
, 61
InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)
, 125
Interpreting third-party information reporting standards
, 248–249
Investment contract
, 10–11
Investment management and reporting, blockchain applications for
, 321–322
Investors
, 242
Just-in-time (JIT)
, 35–36
KSI
, 304
Last-in, first out (LIFO)
, 39, 242
Liability insurance
, 10
Libra
, 94
stablecoins
, 127–128
Libra Association model
, 17, 86
Life cycle approach
, 270–272
development phase
, 271
implementation phase
, 272
integration and testing phase
, 272
operation and maintenance phase
, 272
planning phase
, 270
systems analysis and requirements phase
, 270–271
systems design phase
, 271
Life cycle model
, 11–12
Lightning
, 184–185
Like kind exchange
, 244–245
Linear regression
, 195
Liquid
, 75
sidechain
, 179–180
Listings, blockchain for
, 287
Liveness/denial of service attack
, 114
Logistics
, 25–26
regression
, 37
Long short-term memory network (LSTM network)
, 38
Long Term Capital Management (LTCM)
, 19
Long-range attack
, 113
Machine learning (ML)
, 38, 189, 300
Majority attack
, 111
Maker (MKR)
, 92
MakerDAO
, 92
MapReduce
, 192
Marking-to-market
, 346
Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company (MBIC)
, 212
MasterCard
, 175
Mastercoin
, 75
Mechanism design theory
, 132–133
Medical record sharing
, 43
Medium of exchange (MoE)
, 126
tokens
, 127–128
MedRec
, 151
Megabyte (MB)
, 164
Melon Protocol
, 135–136
Merkle hash tree and root
, 49–50, 55, 57
Merkle root
, 53, 103
hash
, 103–104
Merton model
, 40
Microsoft SQL Server
, 262
Millennials
, 24
Miners
, 16, 52, 54–55, 74, 243–244
Mining
, 56, 101–102
pools
, 109–110
MiPasa
, 301–302, 304
Modularity
, 285
Monetary authorities, payment system projects by
, 93–94
Monetary networks
, 68
Monetizing healthcare data
, 300–301
Money
, 17–20, 210
borderless
, 19–20
Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. (MERS)
, 318
Mortgage originations, blockchain applications for
, 319
Mortgage servicing, blockchain applications for
, 319–320
Multicoin Capital
, 129
Multiple listing service (MLS)
, 316
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
, 223
National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET)
, 173
National Security Agency (NSA)
, 15–16
Nature
, 208
Neo
, 249–250
Network
agents
, 32–33
layer
, 83–85
neural
, 196
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
, 279–280
Node
, 16, 52, 54–55
Non-standard consensus protocols
, 70
Nonce
, 53, 55, 149–150
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs)
, 131
Non–public blockchain evaluation
, 96–97
North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA)
, 235
Nothing-at-stake attack
, 113
Notice 201421
, 242, 244–245, 247, 250–251
Objectives
, 133
Off-chain data
, 150
management
, 299
Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
, 294
OKcash
, 249–250
Omnibus account
, 348
On-chain data
, 150
on management
, 299
One-confirmation attack. See Vector 76 attack
OneName
, 150
Open source blockchain networks
, 122
OptiGrid
, 194–195
Oracles
, 151, 167, 181–182, 262
Chainlink
, 182
FIO
, 183–184
Tellor
, 181–182
Original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
, 326–327
Orphan block
, 54, 72
Owners
, 314–315
Ownership
, 148–149, 314
P2P validation protocol
, 73
Paper voting
, 278
Parachain
, 177
Parcel location
, 312–313
Payer/payee
, 244
Payment
card industry
, 175
finality
, 34
Payment system projects by monetary authorities
, 93–94
private payment system issuances
, 94
PCAOB Auditing Standards
, 370–371
Peer-to-peer (P2P)
, 69, 101
blockchain networks
, 8
electronic system
, 32
network
, 49, 142, 327, 341
network co-ops
, 121–122
system
, 260
transactions
, 275
transfers
, 16
Permissioned blockchains
, 151, 159
Permissioned blocks
, 146–147
Permissioned process
, 85
Permissioned technology implementations
, 299
Permissionless blockchain
, 159
Permissionless blocks
, 146–147
Permissionless process
, 85
Permissionless technology implementations
, 299
Permit peer-to-peer transactions (P2P transactions)
, 163–164
Personal property
, 250–251
Personally identifiable information (PII)
, 208–209
Physical assets
, 363
Physical maintenance and monitoring, blockchain applications for
, 321
Plotting
, 116
Polkadot
, 177
Ponzi schemers
, 226
Posterior corruption
, 113
Practical Byzantine fault tolerant (PBFT)
, 116–117
Precision medicine
, 294
Precomputing attack
, 113
Predictive analytics
, 195–196
Prescriptive analytics
, 197
Previous hash
, 53
Price stability mechanism
, 92
Price volatility
, 17
Privacy
, 33
Private blockchain
, 34–35, 85–86, 99, 171
comparing public blockchains and
, 86–88
network
, 51
Private data collection
, 300
Private ledgers
, 34
Private payment system issuances
, 94
Proctor & Gamble Company (P&G)
, 199
Product safety and recalls
, 330–331
Programmatic Proof of Work (ProgPoW)
, 115
Programmatically executable transactions (PETs)
, 83–85
Proof of activity (PoA)
, 116
Proof of burn (PoB)
, 116
Proof of capacity (PoC)
, 116
Proof of Elapsed Time (PoET)
, 59, 60, 115
Proof of retrievability (PoR)
, 115–116
Proof of Stake (PoS)
, 49–50, 59–60, 68–70, 100, 112–114, 150, 171–172, 249–250
delegated
, 114–115
51% attack
, 114
issues of PoS consensus mechanisms
, 113–114
liveness/denial of service attack
, 114
long-range attack
, 113
nothing-at-stake attack
, 113
precomputing attack
, 113
proof of work/proof of stake hybrid
, 115
sybil attack
, 114
Proof of storage
, 115
Proof of Work (PoW)
, 20–21, 49–50, 59, 68–70, 100–103, 132, 171–172, 243–244
additional concerns with
, 110–112
alternative history attack
, 111
bitcoin blockchain and
, 103–108
centralization of mining and mining pools
, 109–110
DoS attack
, 111
Finney attack
, 110
hardware demand
, 109
hashing
, 101
issues of PoW consensus mechanisms
, 108–112
majority attack
, 111
power requirements
, 109
process
, 32–34
protocol
, 74
race attack
, 110
selfish mining attack
, 111–112
SHAs
, 102–103
strategy
, 143–144
Sybil attack
, 111
system
, 87
Vector 76 attack
, 111
Proof-of-state (PoS)
, 21
Proper disposition method
, 253
Property management and leasing, blockchain applications for
, 320–321
Proprietary payment tokens
, 129
Public blockchain
, 7, 31, 34–35, 67–68, 318
background on
, 68–73
bitcoin
, 74–75
common attributes of
, 71–72
comparing private blockchains and
, 86–88
cryptoeconomics and consensus protocol
, 69–71
EOSIO
, 76–77
Ethereum
, 75–76
examples
, 74–76
network
, 50–51
potential benefits and challenges of
, 73
Sia
, 77
Zcash
, 76
Public key
, 31, 144
Public ledger
, 341
Public private key functionality
, 32
Public/permissionless blockchain
, 24–25
Public/private partnerships
, 95–96
QCAD
, 127
Quadriga cryptocurrency exchange
, 364
QuadrigaCX
, 348
Quantum computing
, 208
Quantum Resistant Ledger Foundation (QRL Foundation)
, 208
Quintessential function
, 17–18
R3 Corda blockchain implementation
, 299–300
Race attack
, 110
Radio-frequency identification (RFID)
, 333
Ransomware
, 145–146
Rating systems
, 44
Real estate
, 12–13, 25–26, 311–312
blockchain-powered real property records
, 315–316
case of parcel location and data management
, 312–313
chain of title and proof of claim of real property assets
, 313–314
deal
, 312
information
, 27
issues and challenges
, 312–316
mortgage originations, blockchain applications for
, 319
mortgage servicing, blockchain applications for
, 319–320
parties with interests or obligations to real property assets
, 314–315
real estate finance, blockchain applications for
, 318–322
real estate operations, blockchain applications to
, 320–322
real estate transactions, blockchain applications for
, 316–318
secondary market operations, blockchain applications for
, 320
Real estate, blockchain in
, 286–287
blockchain for listings
, 287
digitizing identities
, 287
Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
, 322
Real property
, 311–312
Real-time accounting
, 39–40
Real-time transmission of information
, 16
Record
, 83–85
Regulatory ambiguity
, 167–168
Regulatory sandbox
, 168
Replacement cost value (RCV)
, 219
Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR)
, 249
Reputation systems
, 43
Reserve-backed system
, 92
Retrospective medical data
, 294
Return on investment (ROI)
, 326
Revenue Rule
, 245
Rex MLS Blockchain
, 287
Rights
, 363–364
Risk control
, 198
Risk management
CGL policies
, 213–216
commercial crime insurance policies
, 209–212
computer fraud
, 212–213
cyber insurance policies
, 216–219
future and other solutions
, 219–220
Risk-pooling, blockchain application in
, 282
Root hash
, 57
RSK sidechain
, 180
RSK-ETH bridge
, 180–181
Sarbanes–Oxley Act (2002)
, 365
Satoshi Nakamoto
, 4
Scalability
, 61, 171–172
Search process
, 316
Secondary market operations, blockchain applications for
, 320
Secure Hash Algorithms (SHAs)
, 102–103
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
, 10–11, 223, 226, 241, 278–279, 343
disciplinary cases
, 226–229
timeline of SEC pronouncements
, 230–233
Securities Exchange Act (1934)
, 225, 231
Securities laws
, 225–230
class action litigation
, 229–230
Forced Fit to cryptocurrency and blockchain
, 226
SEC disciplinary cases
, 226–229
Security
, 171–172, 225, 285
Security token offerings (STOs)
, 251–252
Self-custody crypto-asset holdings
, 348–349
Self-sovereign identity
, 150
Selfish mining attack
, 111–112
Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE)
, 190
Sentiment analysis
, 38
SHA 256. See also Secure Hash Algorithms (SHAs)
, 102
bit encryption methodology
, 15–16
encryption methodology
, 21
hash
, 55
Share classes
, 279
Shareholder voting
, 277–281
blockchain for voting
, 280–281
complications
, 279–280
DTC
, 278–279
electronic and paper voting
, 278
share classes
, 279
Sharing services
, 38–39
Shash rate
, 134–135
Shavers case
, 228
ShipChain
, 332
Short-range attack. See Bribery attack
Sia
, 7
Sia blockchain
, 77
Sidechains
, 178–180
liquid
, 179–180
RSK
, 180
Simple attack
, 113
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
, 24
Smart cities, blockchain-based sharing services in
, 38–39
Smart contracts (SCs)
, 35–36, 100, 143, 151, 163, 180, 280–281, 316–317, 328–329, 334, 354–355
testing
, 369–370
transaction automation through
, 334–335
Smart parking
, 38
Snap Inc. (SNAP)
, 279
Social Engineering
, 217
Soft fork
, 208
Software costs
, 262–263
Speed of transactions
, 23
Spiral model
, 270
Spot transaction
, 283
Stablecoins
, 17, 91–92, 345
considerations
, 347–348
reporting
, 346–348
Stake bleeding attack
, 113
Staking reward taxation
, 249–251
Stale block
, 54
Stateful Web
, 124–126
Statistical AI
, 189
STING
, 194–195
Stitch Fix (SFIX)
, 279
Stock-and-flow diagrams
, 134
Store of value (SoV)
, 126
tokens
, 127–128
Stored ledger
, 3–4
Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub)
, 210
Supply chains
, 37
areas of benefits and improvements
, 329–332
blockchain in
, 326–329
current and emerging adoption and implementation issues
, 332–335
ERP systems
, 334
global shipping and cross-border logistics
, 331–332
processes
, 298
product safety and recalls
, 330–331
RFID
, 333
role of existing technologies
, 333–334
top management support
, 335
transaction automation through smart contracts
, 334–335
trust among supply chain partners
, 335
Support vector machines (SVMs)
, 36, 196
Sustainable development, blockchain for
, 40
Sybil attack
, 111, 114
System dynamics modeling
, 135
Systems development life cycle (SDLC)
, 270
Tamper resistant/resistance
, 20, 68, 72
ledger
, 15
Tax
implications of virtual currency
, 241–246
lot ID method
, 242
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)
, 244–245
Taxation related to capital formation
, 251–252
Telegram Group case
, 228
Tellor
, 181–182
Temporary regime
application of securities laws
, 225–230
other pending solutions
, 233–235
timeline of SEC pronouncements
, 230–233
Tenants
, 314–315
Tether
, 75, 91–92
Tezos
, 249–250
Third-party data aggregator tools
, 253–254
Time
, 313–314
Timestamp server
, 32, 53
Title insurance
, 311, 315
Token bridge
, 180–181
RSK-ETH bridge
, 180–181
Token contract
, 129
Token economies
, 8
cryptoeconomics
, 132–133
design
, 131–133
SoV and MoE tokens
, 127–128
token engineering
, 133–136
token fundamentals
, 126–131
token standards
, 129–131
token taxonomy
, 127–129
utility tokens
, 128–129
Web 3.0 technology
, 122–126
Token engineering
, 8, 133–136
Token-network fit
, 133–134
Tokenization
, 9, 158–159
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
, 259–260, 266
Traceability
, 296
of information
, 162–163
Tracking mechanism
, 13
Tradeable tokens
, 129
TradeLens
, 162, 332
Traditional assets
, 363
Traditional fiat currencies
, 15
Traditional information systems
, 276
Traditional intangibles
, 363
Traditional supply chains
, 326–327
Transactions
, 148–149
automation through smart contracts
, 334–335
Transactions per second (TPS)
, 164, 171
Transfer learning
, 42
Transparency
, 23, 68, 72
of blockchain
, 160–162
Transportation tracking
, 94
identity verification projects by public/private partnerships
, 95–96
TransUnion
, 35
Trapdoor
, 304
Triangle framework
, 38
Trojan horses
, 269
Tron
, 75
Trustless systems
, 121
Turing complete protocol
, 76
Two-token system
, 129
Two-way peg
, 180
tZero ATS blockchain
, 287–288
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
, 210
Unverified identity
, 147
US Food and Drug Administration
, 43
US Government Accountability Office (GAO)
, 246–247
US Postage Service
, 312–313
USD Coin (USDC)
, 91–92, 127
Users
, 314–315
Utility tokens
, 128–129
Validators
, 74
Valuation
in auditing
, 363
of crypto assets
, 344–346
Vector 76 attack
, 111
Verification
, 370–371
Version
, 53
Virtual currencies (VCs). See also Cryptocurrencies
, 11, 18, 241
airdrops and forks
, 245
calculating capital gains and losses
, 243
charitable contributions of
, 245
general treatment
, 242
investors
, 242
like kind exchange
, 244–245
miners
, 243–244
payer/payee
, 244
question
, 246
tax implications of
, 241–246
Virtual Currency Businesses Act
, 233
Virtual Currency Guidance (2019)
, 246–247
Virtual currency question
, 251
Virtual machines
, 68
Virtual reality
, 235
Viruses
, 269
VISA
, 175
Voatz application
, 141
Voting, blockchain for
, 280–281
Wallets
, 348, 349
standards
, 182–184
Walmart pilot
, 330
Waltonchain project
, 94–95
Water usage management during climate change
, 37
Waterfall model
, 270
Wealth management
, 198
Web 3.0 technology
, 8, 122–126
Stateful Web and Web 3.0 stack
, 124–126
web evolution
, 123–124
Weimar Republic of Germany
, 19
Whales
, 244–245
Work tokens
, 129
World Wide Web (WWW)
, 191
Consortium
, 173–174
Zcash
, 7, 76
Zero-knowledge proofs
, 173
Zillow
, 315–316
Zones
, 176
- Prelims
- Part I Blockchain: History and Background
- Chapter 1 Blockchain: An Overview
- Chapter 2 History of Blockchain
- Chapter 3 Review of Blockchain and Emerging Applications
- Chapter 4 Technical Aspects of Blockchain
- Part II Types of Blockchain and Related Issues
- Chapter 5 Public Blockchains and Applications
- Chapter 6 Private and Hybrid Blockchains and Applications
- Chapter 7 Consensus Mechanisms and Related Issues
- Chapter 8 Token Economies
- Chapter 9 Proposed Modifications to Spur Consumer Adoption of Blockchain
- Part III The Frontier of Blockchain Technology
- Chapter 10 Blockchain: Speed, Efficiency, Decreased Costs, and Technical Challenges
- Chapter 11 The Importance of Interoperability, Decentralization, and Choice
- Chapter 12 Convergence with Artificial Intelligence and Other Related Concepts
- Chapter 13 Risk Management and Transference Issues in Blockchain Technologies
- Chapter 14 Legal and Regulatory Issues in the Temporary Regime
- Chapter 15 Regulatory Ambiguity and Its Impact on Blockchain
- Part IV Blockchain Applications in Business
- Chapter 16 Considerations for Blockchain Adoption and Integration
- Chapter 17 Blockchain Applications in Finance
- Chapter 18 Blockchain Applications in Healthcare
- Chapter 19 Blockchain Applications in Real Estate
- Chapter 20 Blockchain Applications in Supply Chain
- Chapter 21 Crypto Accounting Valuation, Reporting, and Disclosure
- Chapter 22 Auditing and Examining Blockchain Information
- A Glossary of Blockchain Terms
- Discussion Questions and Answers (Chapters 2–22)
- Index