A performance evaluation for Internet of Things based on Blockchain technology

Abstract

In this paper, the performance evaluation for Internet of Things based on blockchain Technology is proposed. In a blockchain network, all IoT devices communicate and synchronize with each other and allow device to transact with each other directly without the need of trusted intermediary. IoT devices have a smart contract associate with them which are deployed on the blockchain network. User or device who wish to use a service can transact to smart contract that associated with IoT device. Moreover, all transactions of IoT device, device-to device or human-to-device, will not only permanently store on Blockchain network but also gain the security and privacy of them. In this implementation, a private Ethereum network is chosen to use as a blockchain platform and the raspberry pi act as a lightweight node to transact with a smart contract in a full node which install on PC desktop. In addition, the performance evaluation of two realistic traffic flow, store and access transactions, such as latency, execution time and throughput are highlight.