The Green Blockchains of Circular Economy

George Hatzivasilis, Sotiris Ioannidis, Konstantinos Fysarakis, George Spanoudakis, Nikos Papadakis
2021 Electronics  
Eco-friendly systems are necessitated nowadays, as the global consumption is increasing. A data-driven aspect is prominent, involving the Internet of Things (IoT) as the main enabler of a Circular Economy (CE). Henceforth, IoT equipment records the system's functionality, with machine learning (ML) optimizing green computing operations. Entities exchange and reuse CE assets. Transparency is vital as the beneficiaries must track the assets' history. This article proposes a framework where
more » ... aining administrates the cooperative vision of CE-IoT. For the core operation, the blockchain ledger records the changes in the assets' states via smart contracts that implement the CE business logic and are lightweight, complying with the IoT requirements. Moreover, a federated learning approach is proposed, where computationally intensive ML tasks are distributed via a second contract type. Thus, "green-miners" devote their resources not only for making money, but also for optimizing operations of real-systems, which results in actual resource savings.
doi:10.3390/electronics10162008 fatcat:mkwngiv5knesnhav3tebgaaesm