Design dimensions for blockchain oracles in the AEC industry.

Dounas, Theodoros; Hunhevicz, Jens; Byers, Brandon S.

Abstract

The literature on blockchain for AEC often has limited discussion on the design of the blockchain Oracle, the entity that ensures trusted information input from the real world. This work aims to illuminate an often unaddressed topic of how to best design Oracles for application to the AEC industry. To answer this, the paper reviews the stateof-the-art of existing Oracle taxonomies, literature on blockchain for AEC that implement Oracles, and proposes Oracle design dimensions to frame future blockchain work. The work can help researchers and practitioners to think about relevant dimensions when designing and discussing Oracles for AEC use cases.

Citation

DOUNAS, T., HUNHEVICZ, J. and BYERS, B.S. 2023. Design dimensions for blockchain oracles in the AEC industry. In Proceedings of the 2023 European Conference on Computing in Construction (EC3 2023) co-located with the 40th International CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction) conference (CIB W78 2023), 10-12 July 2023, Heraklion, Greece. Kanata, ON: CIB [online], paper 297. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35490/EC3.2023.297

• Conference Name: 2023 European Conference on Computing in Construction (EC3 2023) co-located with the 40th International CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction) conference (CIB W78 2023)
• Conference Location: Heraklion, Greece
• Start Date: Jul 10, 2023
• End Date: Jul 12, 2023
• Acceptance Date: Mar 17, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Nov 30, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Deposit Date: Nov 30, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 30, 2023
• Publisher: CIB International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction
• Series Title: Computing in construction proceedings
• Series ISSN: 2684-1150
• ISBN: 9780701702731
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.35490/EC3.2023.297
• Keywords: Oracles; Blockchain; Design dimensions
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2158691
• Additional Information: A video of the presentation is available from: https://youtu.be/gvHxm3AlmE8.