The applicability of blockchain in the Internet of Things

In this paper, we address the applicability of Blockchain technology to ensure security of data transmitted and received by the nodes in an Internet of Things (IoT) network. We propose a Blockchain consensus model that is suitable for resource constrained devices. We also propose a model for implementing IoT security on top of the Blockchain model. We simulate our proposed model to understand its feasibility.

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