A Survey of Blockchain Applications in Different Domains

TL;DR

This survey reviews blockchain applications across various sectors, highlighting their benefits and encouraging further adoption to enhance security, scalability, and efficiency in diverse domains.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of blockchain applications in multiple fields, serving as a timely resource to motivate future blockchain innovations.

Findings

Blockchain is used in finance, healthcare, and energy sectors.

Applications improve security, scalability, and efficiency.

The survey encourages broader adoption of blockchain technology.

Abstract

Blockchains have received much attention recently since they provide decentralized approaches to the creation and management of value. Many banks, Internet companies, car manufacturers, and even governments worldwide have incorporated or started considering blockchains to improve the security, scalability, and efficiency of their services. In this paper, we survey blockchain applications in different areas. These areas include cryptocurrency, healthcare, advertising, insurance, copyright protection, energy, and societal applications. Our work provides a timely summary for individuals and organizations interested in blockchains. We envision our study to motivate more blockchain applications.