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An IoT electric business model based on the protocol of bitcoin

Year 2015
Author Yu Zhang; Jiangtao Wen
Publisher Intelligence in Next Generation Networks (ICIN), 2015 18th International Conference on
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Bitcoin / Cryptocurrencies

Nowadays, the development of traditional business models become more and more mature that people use them to guide various kinds of E-business activities. Internet of things(IoT), being an innovative revolution over the Internet, becomes a new platform for E-business. However, old business models could hardly fit for the E-business on the IoT. In this article, we 1) propose an IoT E-business model, which is specially designed for the IoT E-business; 2) redesign many elements in traditional E-business models; 3) realize the transaction of smart property and paid data on the IoT with the help of P2P trade based on the Blockchain and smart contract. We also experiment our design and make a comprehensive discuss.