Blockchain-IoT Sensor (BIoTS): A Solution to IoT-Ecosystems Security Issues release_4avsd5mhcvbgzb4yo5edgzv3yy

by Carlos González-Amarillo, Cristian Leonardo Cárdenas García, Miguel Mendoza-Moreno, Gustavo Ramirez-Gonzalez, Juan Carlos Corrales

Published in Sensors by MDPI AG.

2021   Volume 21, Issue 13, p4388

Abstract

Sensor devices that act in the IoT architecture perception layer are characterized by low data processing and storage capacity. These reduced capabilities make the system ubiquitous and lightweight, but considerably reduce its security. The IoT-based Food Traceability Systems (FTS), aimed at ensuring food safety and quality, serve as a motivating scenario for BIoTS development and deployment; therefore, security challenges and gaps related with data integrity are analyzed from this perspective. This paper proposes the BIoTS hardware design that contains some modules built-in VHDL (SHA-256, PoW, and SD-Memory) and other peripheral electronic devices to provide capabilities to the perception layer by implementing the blockchain architecture's security requirements in an IoT device. The proposed hardware is implemented on FPGA Altera DE0-Nano. BIoTS can participate as a miner in the blockchain network through Smart Contracts and solve security issues related to data integrity and data traceability in an Blockchain-IoT system. Blockchain algorithms implemented in IoT hardware opens a path to IoT devices' security and ensures participation in data validation inside a food certification process.
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