Abstract

Blockchain technology has completely changed the area of cryptocurrency with a Peer-to-Peer system named Bitcoin. It can provide a distributed, transparent and highly confidential database by recording immutable transactions. Currently, the technique has obtained great research interest on other areas, including the Internet of vehicles (IoVs). In order to solve some centralized problems and improve the architecture of the IoVs, the blockchain technology is utilized to build a decentralized and secure vehicular environment. In this survey, we aim to construct a comprehensive analysis on the applications of blockchain in the IoV. This paper starts with the introduction of the IoVs and the blockchain. Additionally, some existing surveys on the blockchain enabled IoVs are reviewed. Besides, the combination of the blockchain technology and the IoVs is analyzed from seven aspects to describe how the blockchain is implemented in the IoVs. Finally, the future research directions related to the integration are highlighted.

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Title
A survey: applications of blockchain in the Internet of Vehicles
Author
Wang, Chao 1 ; Cheng Xiaoman 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Li Jitong 1 ; He Yunhua 1 ; Xiao Ke 1 

1  North China University of Technology, School of Information Science and Technology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (GRID:grid.440852.f) (ISNI:0000 0004 1789 9542) 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Apr 2021
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
16871472
e-ISSN
16871499
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13638-021-01958-8
ProQuest document ID
2509429521
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2021. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.