EtherTwin: Blockchain-based Secure Digital Twin Information Management

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Highlights：

• EtherTwin, a blockchain-based Decentralized Application (DApp) for secure information management of Industry 4.0 assets using Digital Twins.

• Secure information management, ensuring confidentiality through fine-grained access control and encryption, as well as providing integrity and availability based on the blockchain.

• Quantitative and qualitative evaluation including performance/cost measurements as well as a real-world industry use case and expert interviews.

• Full-featured open source prototype EtherTwin based on blockchain design patterns and state-of-the-art DApp technologies (Ethereum, Swarm).

摘要

•EtherTwin, a blockchain-based Decentralized Application (DApp) for secure information management of Industry 4.0 assets using Digital Twins.•Secure information management, ensuring confidentiality through fine-grained access control and encryption, as well as providing integrity and availability based on the blockchain.•Quantitative and qualitative evaluation including performance/cost measurements as well as a real-world industry use case and expert interviews.•Full-featured open source prototype EtherTwin based on blockchain design patterns and state-of-the-art DApp technologies (Ethereum, Swarm).

论文关键词：Distributed ledgers,Blockchain,Digital twin,Industry 4.0,Decentralized application

论文评审过程：Received 15 May 2020, Revised 26 October 2020, Accepted 26 October 2020, Available online 9 November 2020, Version of Record 9 November 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2020.102425