
		<paper>
			<loc>https://jjcit.org/paper/110</loc>
			<title>HYBRID BLOCKCHAIN</title>
			<doi>10.5455/jjcit.71-1589089941</doi>
			<authors>Hazem W. Marar,Rosana W. Marar</authors>
			<keywords>Blockchain,Bitcoin,Crypto-currency,Distributed,E-commerce,Hybrid</keywords>
			<citation>36</citation>
			<views>5993</views>
			<downloads>1659</downloads>
			<received_date>10-May-2020</received_date>
			<revised_date>  28-Jun.-2020 and 20-Jul.-2020</revised_date>
			<accepted_date>  8-Aug.-2020</accepted_date>
			<abstract>Blockchain is a revolutionary technology that gained widespread popularity since the emergence of crypto-currencies. 
The  potential  uses  of  Blockchain  surpassed  digital  currency  into  a  wider  space  that  includes the Internet  of  Things 
(IoT), security applications and smart embedded systems, among others. As the number of Blockchain users increases, 
several drawbacks start to emerge, since Blockchains consume excessive amounts of energy to store and manipulate 
data.  Furthermore,  the  limited  scalability  nature  of  Blockchains  due  to their massive  storage  requirements  might 
become an issue. To improve the overall performance, several challenges in the current Blockchain structure should 
be tackled. This paper presents a hybrid system architecture that combines the distributed nature of Blockchains with 
the centralized feature of servers. Users will connect to servers via personal Blockchains, while servers will share a 
chain of Blockchains to ensure integrity and security. This will significantly decrease the storage requirements of end-
users  and  enhance  the  scalability  of  networks.  Businesses  will  highly  benefit  from  this  proposed  structure, since  it 
creates a reliable scalable business model.</abstract>
		</paper>


