Blockchain-Integrated Edge Computing for IoT-Based Cloud Applications

Digital world advancements are already being changed by blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT), which are radically altering the current network architecture. Now that the intervention of physical and digital platform is reality, it has changed the very basis of how we perceive the outer world. Recent conclusions depict that they depend on a centralised entity (like a cloud server) to connect to and interact, and present severe risk to security and privacy for massive volumes of generated data. To provide security, blockchain enters the picture, giving a trustworthy and secure mechanism of information exchange using a distributed/P2P paradigm. Information services frequently utilise cloud computing. However, massive Internet of Things (IoT) applications pose fresh difficulties for cloud computing infrastructures. As a solution to this issue, edge computing has been proposed as an alternative to cloud computing. Tens of billions of IoT devices can be supported and hardware can be improved through voluntary computing, which collects underutilised network resources. This research makes use of blockchain technology for the use of volunteer edge cloud in light of the shortcomings as conventional volunteer computing, which cannot offer real-time services, and existing volunteer clouds lack a system to pay for services. Blockchain smart contracts are used to pay for essential business processes and computing services, container technology provides a shared operating environment. A prototype system built on top of Ethereum and KubeEdge has been introduced and provides an up-to-date overview of a voluntary blockchain-based edge cloud infrastructure. An Internet of Things has been created to manage robot formation in addition to the prototype system. Through a decrease in IoT device complexity, an increase in software development freedom, and an improvement in computing service payment, it serves as an example of the benefits of an optional edge cloud.