Author : Naval Postgraduate Naval Postgraduate School
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ISBN 13 : 9781689868174
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (681 download)
Book Synopsis A Blockchain Testbed for DoD Applications by : Naval Postgraduate Naval Postgraduate School
Download or read book A Blockchain Testbed for DoD Applications written by Naval Postgraduate Naval Postgraduate School and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although initially introduced to support the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, many blockchain technologyapplications have been envisioned. As a result, blockchain platforms have been created and others are underdevelopment. The Department of Defense (DoD) needs blockchain platform testbeds so that applicationsbeyond cryptocurrency can be explored. To solve this problem, we decided to construct a small blockchaintestbed. We developed criteria to aid in selecting a blockchain platform for use in a testbed. Then, weevaluated a set of blockchain platforms against our criteria, selected the highest-ranking platform, and usedit to create the testbed. We installed and exercised applications provided by the platform's developers to testits behavior. Study of the services provided by the platform allowed us to propose the design of anapplication that could be tailored for DoD use. The selected blockchain platform, Hyperledger Fabric, washosted in lightweight virtual machines called Docker containers and can be used for design andexperimentation on applications and blockchain networks. This lowered the effort and resources required toconfigure and set up blockchain networks. Hyperledger Fabric is an example of a blockchain platform thatcan support more use cases beyond cryptocurrency