Blockchain and Sustainability: A Tertiary Study

Blockchain is an emerging technology with potential to address issues related to sustainability. Literature reviews on blockchain and sustain ability exist, but there is a need to consolidate existing results, in particular, in terms of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This extended abstract presents an ongoing tertiary study based on existing literature reviews to investigate the relationship between blockchain and sustain ability in terms of SDGs. Results from a pilot analysis of 18 reviews using thematic analysis are presented.

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