It was a matter of time to end up writing an article to talk about the connection between Internet of Things (IoT) and the technology (arguably still in the infancy of its development) that may have the greatest power to transform our world, Blockchain.
In a future planet interconnected not just by devices, but by the events taking place across it, with billions of devices talking to one another in real time, the Internet of Things will require a secure and efficient way to track all interactions, transactions, and activities of every “thing” in the network.
Blockchain’s role could be a coordination layer across devices and the enabler of the IoT to securely facilitate interactions and transactions between devices, and may also support certain processes related to architecture scalability, data sharing, and advancements in encryption and private key technology, enhanced security, and potentially even privacy.
With blockchain, the Achilles’ heel of the IoT of heterogeneous OEM devices world now becomes viable. I wonder, however, if it is feasible that this decentralized IoT network may co-exist IoT sub-networks or centralized cloud-based IoT models.
But let’s face it, blockchain is still a nascent and controversial technology (experts estimate that it might take 5 -10 years for the …
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