Blockchain for Distributed Systems Security

This book describes properties underlying formal foundations of Blockchain technologies and practical issues for deployment in cloud and IoT platforms. In addition, it presents several security and privacy issues that must be solved for Blockchain technologies to reach full potential. The topics in the book provide security researchers insight into aspects of Blockchain technologies that need to be addressed for adoption in cloud and IoT platforms for domains such as medical and military. In addition, the security and privacy analysis aid in understanding and quantifying impact of the new attack surfaces introduced by Blockchain technologies and platforms. The book makes selected findings on the aforementioned topics readily available to the security community by offering a synthesis of them under one cover. The book comprises newly written chapters that present key ideas from the original academic publications in a more readable narrative, with updates incorporated where desirable.