ABSTRACT
Edge computing introduces a novel computing illustration that enables cloud computing accumulators to be accessible to both the end-users and/or devices. Currently, in edge computing, cloud services and resources are following distributed architecture whereby decentralized service management and preserving security are the main challenges for edge computing. On the other side, Blockchain has made an appearance of decentralized data management framework that maintains an immutable public ledger used to store records of large amounts of transactions securely and efficiently among the involved parties. This facilitates a publicly accessible transaction history that allows participants such as devices and/or humans to access or append the immutable records. Blockchain technology can address the limitations of edge computing because it would ensure greater security and privacy of endpoint edge devices and will make the system more reliable given the threats of cybersecurity. The security, managing resources and scalability issues will be addressed from the perspective of integrating Blockchain with edge computing.
This chapter would focus on the capabilities of edge computing and how it can be enhanced when integrated with Blockchain. The chapter covers the introduction, applications and benefits of edge computing, issues in edge computing, integrating Blockchain in edge computing: the missing piece of the puzzle?, challenges of using Blockchain in edge computing, what are the potential solutions and future research direction related to edge computing integrated with Blockchain.
