# Towards Blockchain-based Auditable Storage and Sharing of IoT Data

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.08230 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1705.08230/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 22 May 2017.

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Blockchained Federated Learning for Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Survey](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.04513/) (2023)
- [Need of 6G for the Metaverse Realization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2301.03386/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Today the cloud plays a central role in storing, processing, and distributing data. Despite contributing to the rapid development of IoT applications, the current IoT cloud-centric architecture has led into a myriad of isolated data silos that hinders the full potential of holistic data-driven analytics within the IoT. In this paper, we present a blockchain-based design for the IoT that brings a distributed access control and data management. We depart from the current trust model that delegates access control of our data to a centralized trusted authority and instead empower the users with data ownership. Our design is tailored for IoT data streams and enables secure data sharing. We enable a secure and resilient access control management, by utilizing the blockchain as an auditable and distributed access control layer to the storage layer. We facilitate the storage of time-series IoT data at the edge of the network via a locality-aware decentralized storage system that is managed with the blockchain technology. Our system is agnostic of the physical storage nodes and supports as well utilization of cloud storage resources as storage nodes.