Blockchain from the Perspective of Privacy and Anonymisation: A Systematic Literature Review

The research presented aims to investigate the relationship between privacy and anonymisation in blockchain technologies on different fields of application. The study is carried out through a systematic literature review in different databases, obtaining in a first phase of selection 199 publication...

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Autores: Haro Olmo, Francisco José de, Varela Vaca, Ángel Jesús, Álvarez Bermejo, José Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/139439
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Palabra clave:Blockchain
Privacy
Anonymity
Cybersecurity
IoT
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spelling Blockchain from the Perspective of Privacy and Anonymisation: A Systematic Literature ReviewHaro Olmo, Francisco José deVarela Vaca, Ángel JesúsÁlvarez Bermejo, José AntonioBlockchainPrivacyAnonymityCybersecurityIoTThe research presented aims to investigate the relationship between privacy and anonymisation in blockchain technologies on different fields of application. The study is carried out through a systematic literature review in different databases, obtaining in a first phase of selection 199 publications, of which 28 were selected for data extraction. The results obtained provide a strong relationship between privacy and anonymisation in most of the fields of application of blockchain, as well as a description of the techniques used for this purpose, such as Ring Signature, homomorphic encryption, k-anonymity or data obfuscation. Among the literature researched, some limitations and future lines of research on issues close to blockchain technology in the different fields of application can be detected. As conclusion, we extract the different degrees of application of privacy according to the mechanisms used and different techniques for the implementation of anonymisation, being one of the risks for privacy the traceability of the operations.MDPILenguajes y Sistemas InformáticosTIC-258: Data-centric Computing Research Hub2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/139439https://doi.org/10.3390/s20247171reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésSensors, 20 (24, art.nº7171), 1-21.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/24/7171info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1394392026-06-17T12:51:07Z
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title Blockchain from the Perspective of Privacy and Anonymisation: A Systematic Literature Review
spellingShingle Blockchain from the Perspective of Privacy and Anonymisation: A Systematic Literature Review
Haro Olmo, Francisco José de
Blockchain
Privacy
Anonymity
Cybersecurity
IoT
title_short Blockchain from the Perspective of Privacy and Anonymisation: A Systematic Literature Review
title_full Blockchain from the Perspective of Privacy and Anonymisation: A Systematic Literature Review
title_fullStr Blockchain from the Perspective of Privacy and Anonymisation: A Systematic Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Blockchain from the Perspective of Privacy and Anonymisation: A Systematic Literature Review
title_sort Blockchain from the Perspective of Privacy and Anonymisation: A Systematic Literature Review
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Haro Olmo, Francisco José de
Varela Vaca, Ángel Jesús
Álvarez Bermejo, José Antonio
author Haro Olmo, Francisco José de
author_facet Haro Olmo, Francisco José de
Varela Vaca, Ángel Jesús
Álvarez Bermejo, José Antonio
author_role author
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Álvarez Bermejo, José Antonio
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos
TIC-258: Data-centric Computing Research Hub
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Blockchain
Privacy
Anonymity
Cybersecurity
IoT
topic Blockchain
Privacy
Anonymity
Cybersecurity
IoT
description The research presented aims to investigate the relationship between privacy and anonymisation in blockchain technologies on different fields of application. The study is carried out through a systematic literature review in different databases, obtaining in a first phase of selection 199 publications, of which 28 were selected for data extraction. The results obtained provide a strong relationship between privacy and anonymisation in most of the fields of application of blockchain, as well as a description of the techniques used for this purpose, such as Ring Signature, homomorphic encryption, k-anonymity or data obfuscation. Among the literature researched, some limitations and future lines of research on issues close to blockchain technology in the different fields of application can be detected. As conclusion, we extract the different degrees of application of privacy according to the mechanisms used and different techniques for the implementation of anonymisation, being one of the risks for privacy the traceability of the operations.
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