A Systematic Review of Blockchain Applications

Sunny, Farhana Akter; Hajek, Petr; Munk, Michal; Abedin, Abedin; Satu, Md. Shahriare; Alam, Md. Iftekharul; Islam, Md. Jahidul

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A Systematic Review of Blockchain Applications

Farhana Akter Sunny

, Petr Hajek

, Michal Munk

, Abedin Abedin, Md. Shahriare Satu

, Md. Iftekharul Alam Efat, Md. Jahidul Islam

IEEE Access, Volume: 10, Pages: 59155 - 59177

Swansea University Author: Abedin Abedin

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For this study, the researchers conducted a systematic literature review to answer complex questions about the field of blockchain technology. We used an unbiased systematic review process to find works on blockchain-based applications and developed a Python code that searched various online databas...

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