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Blockchain Based Connected Vehicles for Smart Green City Environment. Vehicles are a major contributor to air pollution, which has led to a plethora of negative impacts on human health and the environment. This article proposes an IoT-enabled solution powered by blockchain to foster environment friendly practices in registered vehicle owners.

2020 IEEE Global Blockchain Virtual Summit on Healthcare. Online Conference, 29 January 2020. IEEE Blockchain is hosting a new and innovative event experience on blockchain and healthcare that infuses educational value coupled with presentations from Industry experts.

Call for Papers. IEEE Blockchain Technical Briefs launched in 2018, and published quarterly, feature technical articles to inform and advance blockchain, distributed ledgers, and related technologies. Author guidelines and details available.

Enhanced Distributed Ledger Technology. NIST project is developing a new architecture that provides the trust features of blockchains, with characteristics that allow for simpler designs and greater practicality in conventional data management problems.

Blockchain for Telecom Workshop, 13 December 2019 in Hawaii, Hilton Waikoloa, held at IEEE GLOBECOM 2019

IEEE Summit on Communications Futures. Vision Meets Reality. The IEEE Summit on Communications Futures is IEEE's premier event for distinguished professionals with broad expertise to present their vision of the future. 18 January 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Supported by IEEE Future Directions. Register Now.

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New Alternative to Bitcoin Uses Negligible Energy

New Alternative to Bitcoin Uses Negligible Energy

In a new study by the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne in Switzerland, scientists suggest simpler, faster, and less energy-intensive "consensusless" algorithms that generate just a few grams of carbon dioxide per transaction as an alternative to the Bitcoin protocol.

Read more at IEEE Spectrum

Feature Article

Public Integrity Auditing for Cloud Storage based on Consortium Blockchain

Public Integrity Auditing for Cloud Storage Based on Consortium Blockchain

A consortium blockchain scheme is explored as a solution for public integrity verification for cloud storage. This model intends to reach three goals: correctness, efficiency, and accountable traceability. Performance evaluations show that the proposed scheme can alleviate burden on data owners.

Read more in the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committees Newsletter

Technology Spotlight

What’s Happening in Blockchain?

What’s Happening in Blockchain?

Blockchain's secure distributed ledger technology is already impacting a number of industries, growing far beyond digital currencies. Learn about recent developments that have been made in the fields of supply chain, healthcare, the Internet of Things (IoT), and energy.

Read more at IEEE Innovation at Work