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Baharmand, Hossein (author), Saeed, Naima (author), Comes, M. (author), Matthieu, Lauras (author)Blockchain technology promises to improve the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of humanitarian operations. Yet at the same time, especially the humanitarian context with its characteristic volatility poses unique challenges to any technology. Most prominent are the humanitarian principles that are fundamental to humanitarian...journal article 2021
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Kumar, Gulshan (author), Saha, Rahul (author), Lal, C. (author), Conti, M. (author)Digital forensic in Internet-of-Thing (IoT) paradigm is critical due to its heterogeneity and lack of transparency of evidence processing. Moreover, cross-border legalization makes a hindrance in such process pertaining to the cloud forensic issues. This urges a forensic framework for IoT which provides distributed computing, decentralization...journal article 2021
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Aumayr, Lukas (author), Ersoy, O. (author), Erwig, Andreas (author), Faust, Sebastian (author), Hostáková, Kristina (author), Maffei, Matteo (author), Moreno-Sanchez, Pedro (author), Riahi, Siavash (author)Decentralized and permissionless ledgers offer an inherently low transaction rate, as a result of their consensus protocol demanding the storage of each transaction on-chain. A prominent proposal to tackle this scalability issue is to utilize off-chain protocols, where parties only need to post a limited number of transactions on-chain....conference paper 2021
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Ersoy, O. (author), Genç, Ziya Alper (author), Erkin, Z. (author), Conti, M. (author)Smart contracts can be used for the fair exchange of digital goods. A smart contract can escrow the exchange where the receiver deposits the payment, and the sender claims it by providing the goods. In the case of misbehavior, the parties provide proof on whether the received goods match the pre-agreed description or not. In general, the...conference paper 2021
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van Welsenes, Jeroen (author)The circular economy is an economic system that aims to replace the linear economy and the accompanying take-make-dispose mindset. It is an economic system that decouples economic growth from finite resource consumption. The Sustainable Finance Lab (SFL) identified two requirements for a high state of circularity. 1) Products are serviced...master thesis 2020
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Buist, Declan (author)Modern supply chain and procurement departments are faced with a lot of challenges. Supply chains have become global, resulting in complex networks. With access to more information customers have access and have become more demanding on issues such as quality or sustainability. This has led to an increased interest among different companies in...master thesis 2020
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di Benedetto, Matteo (author)To ensure safety and security of imported goods, customs authorities perform risk assessment on incoming goods. European customs use declaration data provided by traders to execute risk analysis. Lacking availability of this data to customs authorities currently hinders proper risk management and poses threats for the European socio-economy. To...master thesis 2020
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Lanzini, Filippo (author)Blockchain Technology has gained popularity in recent years and one of its most promising applications is in Supply Chain Management. The visibility enabled by distributed ledger technology can empower Real-Time Tracking of Products (also referred to as the ‘Holy Grail’ of logistics), a faster and leaner Global Trade, and automatic controls with...master thesis 2020
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van Dijk, Jurian (author)In recent years blockchain technology has become a popular topic for research in multiple fields of discipline. For the transport sector especially, the technology is seen as disruptive. Because the research field is young and the research on the topic is developing fast, state-of-the-art knowledge is exclusive to a select group of academics....student report 2020
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Behnen, Francis (author)The XRP network (Ripple network) is a global transaction network that settles trans- actions in seconds. It is a technology that provides new opportunities for traditional fi- nancial institutions and startups. In the XRP network, participants depend on each other’s functioning. However, at present Ripple Labs, Inc. is the only actor monitor-...bachelor thesis 2020
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Roelvink, Marijn (author)Ripple is a relatively new payments network that aims to improve the financial system by unifying its underlying infrastructure. Given its critical function, its system must be reliable and free of bugs. Therefore it should be tested extensively. One of the test methods that has not been used on it yet is log inference, a method that has a good...bachelor thesis 2020
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Bubberman, Wolf (author)The Ripple XRP Ledger network hosts a cryptocurrency called XRP which uses the TLS protocol to send messages between nodes. It is crucial that the network is tested against attacks to ensure its security. The Ripple XRP Ledger could be vulnerable to a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack. This MITM attack is an attack which can intercept and modify...bachelor thesis 2020
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Görkey, Isitan (author), El Moussaoui, Chakir (author), Wijdeveld, Vincent (author), Sennema, Erik (author)Blockchain is a technology that is in use increasingly. Although owing its common use to the cryptocurrencies there is more to the blockchain technology than just the monetary use. One of these uses is by smaller groups of participants under the control of a central authority, for instance at a company. Such private blockchains use permissioned...student report 2020
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Vega Medel, Gabriel (author)Autonomous vehicles have the potential to introduce numerous changes, opportunities, and innovations in mobility services, environment, data, value networks, and economy, among others. These automated vehicles are expected to impulse a disruptive change in society, especially within transport technology economics, travel behavior, and network...master thesis 2020
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Heeroma-ten Katen, Josanne (author), van Duin, Ron (author), Lont, Yvonne (author), Paardenkoper, Klara (author)Nieuwe digitale technieken bieden kansen om slimmer samen te werken en gegevens uit te wisselen voor de mkb. Blockchaintechnologie wordt daarbij genoemd als een van de meest kansrijke opkomende technologieën. Vanuit de Hogeschool Rotterdam en de Hogeschool Windesheim wordt onderzoek gedaan naar de kansen voor het mkb in het toepassen van de...journal article 2020
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Ishmaev, G. (author)Self-sovereign identity (SSI) solutions implemented on the basis of blockchain technology are seen as alternatives to existing digital identification systems, or even as a foundation of standards for the new global infrastructures for identity management systems. It is argued that ‘self-sovereignty' in this context can be understood as the...journal article 2020
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Esgin, Muhammed F. (author), Ersoy, O. (author), Erkin, Z. (author)Adaptor signatures, also known as scriptless scripts, have recently become an important tool in addressing the scalability and interoperability issues of blockchain applications such as cryptocurrencies. An adaptor signature extends a digital signature in a way that a complete signature reveals a secret based on a cryptographic condition. It...conference paper 2020
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Osmani, Mohamad (author), El-Haddadeh, Ramzi (author), Hindi, Nitham (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author), Weerakkody, Vishanth (author)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to help in providing a better understanding of the application of blockchain technology in the context of the banking and finance sectors. The aim is to outline blockchain's benefits, opportunities, costs, risks as well as challenges of the technology in the context of banking and finance services. Design...journal article 2020
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Otte, P.J. (author), de Vos, M.A. (author), Pouwelse, J.A. (author)TrustChain is capable of creating trusted transactions among strangers without central control. This enables new areas of blockchain use with a focus on building trust between individuals. Our innovative approach offers scalability, openness and Sybil-resistance while replacing proof-of-work with a mechanism to establish the validity and...journal article 2020
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van Engelshoven, Yuup (author)Payment Channel Networks(PCN) utilize payment channels with an established link capacity between two nodes to route transactions over multiple links to carry out transactions. Such transactions can support a blockchain due to the transactions happening off-chain, i.e., not requiring any information to be published to a ledger. PCNs can help aid...master thesis 2019