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NIST IR 8202

Blockchain Technology Overview

Date Published: October 2018

Author(s)

Dylan Yaga (NIST), Peter Mell (NIST), Nik Roby (G2), Karen Scarfone (Scarfone Cybersecurity)

Abstract

Keywords

blockchain; consensus model; cryptocurrency; cryptographic hash function; asymmetric-key cryptography; distributed ledger; distributed consensus algorithm; proof of work; proof of stake; round robin; proof of authority; proof of identity; proof of elapsed time; soft fork, hard fork; smart contracts; data oracle
Control Families

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Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8202
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Related NIST Publications:
CSWP 9

Document History:
01/24/18: IR 8202 (Draft)
10/03/18: IR 8202 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

digital signatures, secure hashing

Technologies

blockchain