Welcome to the Jungle: A Reference Model for Blockchain, DLT and Smart-Contracts (Short Paper)

Abstract

11 Blockchain technology has gained increasing attention from research and industry over the recent 12 years. This interest is mainly due to its core property that allows users to perform transactions 13 without a Trusted Third Party (TTP), while offering a transparent and fully protected tracking of 14 these transactions. However, there is a lack of reference models to describe and compare various 15 Blockchain technologies, leading to some confusion between different kinds of solutions. We propose 16 in this paper a reference model aiming to assess and compare different kind of Blockchain-based 17 ecosystems, including Decentralized Applications (DApp). 18