This book focuses on the fundamentals of blockchain technology along with the means and methods of its integration with Internet of Things (IoT). The book allows the reader to have a deeper understanding of blockchain technology, IoT and various application areas wherein both technologies can be implemented. The book serves the purpose of providing knowledge about the fundamentals of blockchain and IoT to a common reader along with allowing a research scholar to identify some futuristic problem areas that emerge from the convergence of both technologies. Furthermore, the authors discuss relevant application areas such as smart city, e-healthcare, smart travel, etc. throughout the course of the book. The book also talks through a few case studies illustrating the implementation and benefits of using blockchain and IoT.

• Provides a comprehensive view of blockchain technology and its integration with IoT;
• Facilitates in having a valuable understanding ofvarious application areas pertaining to blockchain and IoT;
• Assists the reader in exploring new research areas wherein blockchain and IoT can find their applicability based upon their list of benefits.

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Dr. Tanupriya Choudhury received his bachelor's degree in CSE from West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, India, and master's Degree in CSE from Dr. M.G.R University, Chennai, India.He has received his PhD degree in the year 2016. He has Ten years experience in teaching as well as in Research. Currently he is working as an Associate Professor in dept. of CSE at UPES Dehradun. Recently he has received Global Outreach Education Award for Excellence in  best Young researcher Award in GOECA 2018  His areas of interests include Human computing,Soft computing,Cloud computing,Data Mining etc.He has filed 14 patents till date and received 16 copyrights from MHRD for his own softwares.He has been associated with many conferences in India and abroad.He has authored more than 85 research papers till date.He has delivered invited talk and guest lecture in Jamia Millia Islamia University  , Maharaja Agersen college of Delhi University , Duy Tan University  Vietnam etc.  He has been associated with many conferences throughout India as TPC member and session chair etc. He is a lifetime member of IETA, member of IEEE, and member of IET(UK) and other renowned technical societies. He is associated with Corporate and he is Technical Adviser of DeetyaSoft Pvt. Ltd. Noida , IVRGURU ,and Mydigital360 etc.He is holding the post of Secretary in IETA (Indian Engineering Teacher's Association-India), He is also holding the Advisor Position in INDO-UK Confederation of Science, Technology and Research Ltd.,London, UK and International Association of Professional and Fellow Engineers-Delaware-USA. 

Abhirup Khanna is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India. He has authored numerous research publications in areas of Mobile Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Blockchain Technology and Cloud Computing at Scopus and SCI-indexed international journals and conferences. He is the author for one of the first books written on Mobile Cloud Computing. Abhirup has been a part of various editorial committees for the likes of Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, and IEEE.

Dr Teoh Teik Toe is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Business at Nanyang Business School. From the Nanyang Business School, Dr. Teoh has worked with A*STAR, SUTD and NTU for more than a decade and has published in more than 40 journals, conference papers and book chapters around the world including Europe, Japan, Korea and Australia. He is a director of listed company NTPM Berhad, and has been in the audit committee for more than 10 years, handling Accounting and Business-Related Functions as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Financial Analyst (CFA). He has a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a Doctor of Business Administration, University of Newcastle, Australia.

Madhu Khurana is a Cyber Security Instructor and Cyber Security Researcher, with a strong technical understanding of networking, computing and cyber security. having achieved multiple degrees including a Pursuing Doctorate (PhD) in Cyber Security. She has an extensive flair of Research and writing, has published more than 15 Research Papers on Cyber Security and presented them at International Conferences. She has more than 15 years of experience in development and delivery of technical training and is certified by Microsoft in Python programming.

Nhu Gia Nguyen received the PhD degree in Computer Science from Ha Noi University of Science- Viet Nam National University, Vietnam. Now, he is Dean of Graduate School- Duy Tan University, Viet Nam. He has over 15 years of experience in training management, implementing 14 projects to open undergraduate and graduate training professions.  He has a total academic teaching experience of 19 years with more than 60 publications in reputed international conferences, journals and online book chapter contributions (Indexed By: SCI, SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, DBLP). His area of research includes: Network Communication, Security and Vulnerability, Network Performance Analysis and Simulation, Computational Intelligence. Recently, he has been the technique program committee, the technique reviews, the track chair for international conferences: FICTA 2014, ICICT 2015, INDIA 2015, IC3T 2015, INDIA 2016, FICTA 2016, IC3T 2016, IUKM 2016, INDIA 2017, FICTA 2017, FICTA 2018, INISCOM 2018, INISCOM 2019 under Springer-ASIC/LNAI Series. Presently he is Associate Editors of the International Journal of Synthetic Emotions (IJSE) and he authored 6 Computer Science books by Springer, IGI Global, CRC, Wiley Publication.

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Chapter 1. Introduction to Blockchain.- Chapter 2. Blockchain and IoT Architecture.- Chapter 3. Fusion of Blockchain and IOT: Future of Industry 4.- Chapter 4. Blockchain Consensus Algorithms Study and Challenges.- Chapter 5. Blockchain Platforms and Smart Contracts.- Chapter 6. Blockchain Technology: Concept, Applications, Challenges and Security Threats.- Chapter 7. IoT-integrated Blockchain in the Drug Supply Chain.- Chapter 8. The Desiderata of Blockchain to enhance security for IoT in Medical and Pharmaceutical enterprises.- Chapter 9. Microchain: a Light Hierarchical Consensus Protocol for IoT Systems.- Chapter 10. Leveraging Blockchain and SDN for Efficient and Secure IoT Network.- Chapter 11. The Biometric Signature as a Blockchain Application.- Chapter 12. BlockTwins: A Blockchain-based Digital Twins Framework.- Chapter 13. Blockchain Technologies for Securing IoT Infrastructure: IoT-Blockchain Architectonics.- Chapter 14. qIoTAgriChain: IoT  Blockchain  traceability using Queueing Model in Smart Agriculture.- Chapter 15. Smart Farming: Securing Farmer using Block chain Technology and IOT.- Chapter 16. An Efficient Methodology for Avoiding Threats in Smart Homes with Low Power Consumption in IOT Environment Using Blockchain Technology.- Chapter 17. Integrating Blockchain with Edge Computing for a Secure and Reliable Data Flow.- Chapter 18. Role of Technologies in Revamping the Supply Chain Management of Kirana Stores.- Chapter 19. Application Potential of Blockchain Technologies in the Travel and Tourism  Industry.