Recent advances in Blockchain Technology: A survey on Applications and Challenges
Saqib Hakak, Wazir Zada Khan, Gulshan Amin Gilkar, Basem Assiri,, Mamoun Alazab, Sweta Bhattacharya, G Thippa Reddy

TL;DR
This survey reviews recent advancements in blockchain technology, focusing on new applications, platforms, consensus mechanisms, and future research challenges, highlighting its growing importance and ongoing developments.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of recent blockchain developments, applications, platforms, and identifies future research directions and challenges.
Findings
Identification of emerging blockchain applications
Analysis of various blockchain platforms and consensus mechanisms
Highlighting key future research challenges
Abstract
The rise of blockchain technology within a few years has attracted researchers across the world. The prime reason for worldwide attention is undoubtedly due to its feature of immutability along with the decentralized approach of data protection. As this technology is progressing, lots of developments in terms of identifying new applications, blockchain-based platforms, consensus mechanisms, etc are taking place. Hence, in this article, an attempt has been made to review the recent advancements in blockchain technology. Furthermore, we have also explored the available blockchain platforms, highlighted and explored future research directions and challenges.
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Taxonomy
TopicsBlockchain Technology Applications and Security · IoT and Edge/Fog Computing · Brain Tumor Detection and Classification
