Blockchain-enabled fog and edge computing : concepts, architectures and applications

This comprehensive book unveils the working relationship of blockchain and the fog/edge computing.

The contents of the book have been designed in such a way that the reader will not only understand blockchain and fog/edge computing but will also understand their co-existence and their collaborative power to solve a range of versatile problems. The first part of the book covers fundamental concepts and the applications of blockchain-enabled fog and edge computing.

These include: Internet of Things, Tactile Internet, Smart City; and E-challan in the Internet of Vehicles.

The second part of the book covers security and privacy related issues of blockchain-enabled fog and edge computing.

These include, hardware primitive based Physical Unclonable Functions; Secure Management Systems; security of Edge and Cloud in the presence of blockchain; secure storage in fog using blockchain; and using differential privacy for edge-based Smart Grid over blockchain. This book is written for students, computer scientists, researchers and developers, who wish to work in the domain of blockchain and fog/edge computing.

One of the unique features of this book is highlighting the issues, challenges, and future research directions associated with Blockchain-enabled fog and edge computing paradigm.

We hope the readers will consider this book a valuable addition in the domain of Blockchain and fog/edge computing.