A survey of blockchain frameworks and applications

TL;DR

This survey reviews various blockchain frameworks, highlighting their development status, applications, and the gap in operational testing and deployment, to guide future research and practical implementation.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of existing blockchain frameworks and identifies gaps in operational testing and deployment practices.

Findings

Many frameworks are in development with limited operational testing.

Widespread adoption will increase needs for testing, deployment, and maintenance.

Interest in blockchain varies across different application domains.

Abstract

The applications of the blockchain technology are still being discov-ered. When a new potential disruptive technology emerges, there is a tendency to try to solve every problem with that technology. However, it is still necessary to determine what approach is the best for each type of application. To find how distributed ledgers solve existing problems, this study looks for blockchain frameworks in the academic world. Identifying the existing frameworks can demonstrate where the interest in the technology exists and where it can be miss-ing. This study encountered several blockchain frameworks in development. However, there are few references to operational needs, testing, and deploy of the technology. With the widespread use of the technology, either integrating with pre-existing solutions, replacing legacy systems, or new implementations, the need for testing, deploying, exploration, and maintenance is expected to in-tensify.