A review of data management and protection schemes in blockchain–integrated internet of thing systems
Abhijeet Dinkar Cholke, V. V. Mandhare, Pratap S. Vikhe · Discrete Mathematics Algorithms and Applications · 2025
Blockchain (BC) technology has become known as a main facilitator for verification-driven transactions for people who lack trust in consensus-based transactions. BC offers a provenance-driven verifiable ledger and data management organizations, so research and industry communities are eager to use BC to address the main difficulties of real-world applications like healthcare and business. BC is a storage approach, where information is stored on several nodes, and access control features allow only valid users to communicate in the Internet of Things (IoT) network for elevated-security applications, which is one of the most critical components of network security. Access control policy misconfiguration is more likely to result in secrecy or security rupture, as an outcome, access control systems enable genuine user communication, and data may be maintained more securely without incurring bigger losses. Because the data management and access control methods in BC-enabled IoT systems are so important, several academics have worked on creating a variety of ways to ensure suitable authentication and permission. To acquire a deeper comprehension of the mechanisms available and to provide a future path for researchers, 50 research papers will be collected in this study based on the data management and access control mechanisms used in decentralized storage systems, and the study will be enabled through the designed taxonomy categorization, which will bring a deep insight into the mechanisms available, and open challenges. Rather than a questionnaire, the comparative examination of alternative development platforms for decentralized apps will be analyzed using research papers to give a technically efficient solution. The researchers can focus on an adaptable notion by analyzing the many approaches accessible and their merits in real-time applications. The study will analyze the numerous approaches accessible in the decentralized framework, as well as their benefits, drawbacks, and research gaps, allowing the researchers to learn about the ways available for providing access control in decentralized storage systems.