Blockchain-Based Trust Mechanism For Empowering And Augmenting The Cloud

Abstract

Cloud computing (CC) has become a revolutionary approach that provides the ability to scale, adapt, and save costs while managing computational resources. Nevertheless, worries over the protection, accuracy, and reliability of data in cloud services continue to exist. Conventional centralized methods of trust management frequently fail to adequately handle these challenges in a comprehensive manner. The primary obstacles encountered by conventional trust mechanisms in cloud environments, including vulnerabilities such as single points of failure, lack of transparency, and susceptibility to malicious assaults. Blockchain is an emerging and promising decentralized framework alongside distributed computing paradigm. Hence, blockchain technology (BCT) is highly appropriate for building a distributed alongside decentralized trust framework. The study examines the fundamental concepts and capabilities of BCT that allow it to be highly suitable for improving trust in CC. The features encompassed are decentralization, immutability, transparency, and cryptographic security. This study provides a detailed discussion of several consensus algorithms, smart contract frameworks, and distributed ledger technologies that are often used in trust mechanisms based on blockchain.