Development of an Hybrid Blockchain and NoSQL Platform to Improve Data Management

TL;DR

This paper explores integrating NoSQL databases with blockchain technology to address scalability and throughput issues, proposing a hybrid architecture that leverages the strengths of both systems for improved data management.

Contribution

It presents a novel hybrid blockchain-NoSQL architecture and analyzes current integration approaches to enhance scalability and data handling capabilities.

Findings

Hybrid architecture improves data throughput

Integration approaches enhance scalability

System combines immutability with flexible data management

Abstract

Blockchain technology is a Distributed Ledger Technology mainly used to store information in an immutable and secure way, but scalability and throughput issues are major challenges. Integration of the NoSQL paradigm within a Blockchain pipeline enhances throughput and scalability, and it can handle both on-chain and off-chain data. This work aims to study which approaches are currently used to integrate a NoSQL database in a Blockchain architecture, how the advantages of both technologies can be exploited to enhance the system's capabilities, and to propose a novel hybrid architecture that mixes Blockchain and NoSQL characteristics.