Blockchain Technology for Digital Roads and Smart Highways

Blockchain technology has provided a mechanism allowing transparent data sharing to protect privacy and information assets. Blockchain technology facilitates the performance and storage of secure transactions without relying on any centralized authority. Recent studies show its applications in health, smart cities, smart grids, drones, and many other domains. Blockchain has attracted the attention of experts in the domain of smart transportation which covers digital roads, smart and connected vehicles. Blockchain and smart contracts can securely automate many processes in this domain, particularly when we combine them with decision-making models, machine learning, and so on. We face many challenges in this regard. This Research Topic focuses on blockchain challenges and solutions in smart highways / digital roads.

Although we do not limit the subjects of this article collection, we would suggest the below subjects for more investigation:

- Innovation in Blockchain technology in digital roads
- Challenges in Blockchain in digital roads
- Adoption of Blockchain in digital roads
- Attacks on Blockchain in digital roads
- Blockchain and privacy protection in digital roads
- Connected vehicles and Blockchain in digital roads
- Blockchain and smart contracts in digital roads
- Infrastructure for Blockchain in digital roads
- Decentralised systems and information security in digital roads
- Government and Blockchain in digital roads

Keywords: Digital roads, Intelligent Highway, Connected vehicles, Blockchain application, Blockchain security, Blockchain Attacks, Blockchain architecture

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