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Ethereum for Internet of Things security

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The influence of Internet of Things (IoT) is growing exponentially in the consumer patterns and will continue to increase in the coming years. With millions of interconnected devices over the internet, IoT is currently running into its monumental security and centralization issues that can be resolved using Blockchain. This paper aims to demonstrate the use of a smart contract on a private Ethereum Blockchain (also known as permission less Blockchain) to check whether a user holds enough tokens to utilize a service. Private in this context implies a private instance of the Ethereum implementation in which we make use of the same security and principles of the Ethereum main chain on a personal network of connected IoT devices which improves the overall privacy and security of the system than the traditional schemes. The proposed model consists of a target IoT device controlled by a Raspberry Pi, running a client application that makes decisions based on the state of the smart contract. With this environment, we are able to achieve the following goals: (1) no data leaves the private network (2) all services are employed with transparency and accountability (3) only registered devices can issue requests for using a service. Although the demonstration is made on a home network, the model presented in this paper can be utilized in commercial environments where any service can be availed from a wide array of smart devices through a mobile application.

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Raj, A., Maji, K. & Shetty, S.D. Ethereum for Internet of Things security. Multimed Tools Appl 80, 18901–18915 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-021-10715-4

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