Toward a decentralized, trust-less marketplace for brokered IoT data trading using blockchain

Shaimaa Bajoudah, Changyu Dong, Paolo Missier

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Abstract

As data marketplaces are becoming common place, it is also becoming clear that data streams generated from Internet of Things (IoT) devices hold value for potential third party consumers. We envision a marketplace for IoT data streams that can unlock such potential value in a scalable way, by enabling any pairs of data providers and consumers to engage in data exchange transactions without any prior assumption of mutual trust. We present a marketplace model and architecture to support trading of streaming data, from the advertising of data assets to the stipulation of legally binding trading agreements, to their fulfilment and payment settlement. Crucially, we show that by using blockchain technology and Smart Contracts in particular, we can offer participants a trade-off between the cost of transactional data exchange, and the risk of data loss when trading with untrusted third parties. We experimentally assess such trade-offs on a testbed using Ethereum Smart Contracts.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages339-346
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781728146935
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2019
Event2nd IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2019 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: 14 Jul 201917 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2019

Conference

Conference2nd IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period14/07/1917/07/19

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Fig. 4: The cost, the number of receipts and the percentage of the data received for three different gas prices ACKNOWLEDGMENT This research has been funded by Umm AlQura University, Makkah, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Funding Information:
This research has been funded by Umm AlQura University, Makkah, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Decentralized Marketplace
  • Ethereum Blockchain
  • Smart Contract
  • Trading IoT data

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Information Systems
  • Information Systems and Management

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