Blockchain and Recordkeeping: Editorial

Distributed ledger technologies (DLT), including blockchains, combine the use of cryptography and distributed networks to achieve a novel form of records creation and keeping designed for tamper-resistance and immutability. Over the past several years, these capabilities have made DLTs, including bl...

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Published inComputers (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 11; p. 135
Main Author Lemieux, Victoria L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2021
Subjects
Archives & records
Authenticity
Blockchain
computational archival science
Computer networks
Cryptography
Design
Digital currencies
Digital preservation
Digital signatures
distributed ledger technology
Documentation
Privacy
recordkeeping
records
Records management
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Summary:Distributed ledger technologies (DLT), including blockchains, combine the use of cryptography and distributed networks to achieve a novel form of records creation and keeping designed for tamper-resistance and immutability. Over the past several years, these capabilities have made DLTs, including blockchains, increasingly popular as a general-purpose technology used for recordkeeping in a variety of sectors and industry domains, yet many open challenges and issues, both theoretical and applied, remain. This editorial introduces the Special Issue of Computers focusing on exploring the frontiers of blockchain/distributed ledger technology and recordkeeping.
ISSN:2073-431X
2073-431X
DOI:10.3390/computers10110135