Blockchains - A Systematic Multivocal Literature Review

Bert-Jan Butijn; Damian A. Tamburri; Willem-Jan van den Heuvel

doi:10.1145/3369052

Blockchains - A Systematic Multivocal Literature Review

Bert-Jan Butijn, Damian A. Tamburri, Willem-Jan van den Heuvel

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Blockchain technology has gained tremendous popularity both in practice and academia. The goal of this article is to develop a coherent overview of the state of the art in blockchain technology, using a systematic (i.e., protocol-based, replicable), multivocal (i.e., featuring both white and grey literature alike) literature review to (1) define blockchain technology, (2) elaborate on its architecture options and (3) tradeoffs, as well as to understand (4) the current applications and challenges, as evident from the state of the art. We derive a systematic definition of blockchain technology, based on a formal concept analysis. Further, we flesh out an overview of blockchain technology elaborated by means of Grounded-Theory.

Original language	English
Article number	61
Number of pages	37
Journal	ACM Computing Surveys
Volume	53
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3369052
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020

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European Union's Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme	787061

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Blockchain technology
distributed ledger technology
literature review
multi vocal literature review
smart contracts
software architecture

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