A Study on “Blockchain-Enabled Digital Twins: The Next Wave of Industrial Transformation with Future Research Challenges”

A new era of creativity, efficiency, and optimisation has emerged across a number of industrial sectors with the introduction of digital twin technologies. To enhance their capabilities, digital twins are frequently combined with cutting-edge technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT). This paper summarises and evaluates the present status of research and applications of blockchain enabled digital twins in the context of industrial sectors. This review highlights the benefits of blockchain based digital twins in the different industrial domains such as production manufacturing, product data management, construction project management and, healthcare. Furthermore, the paper addresses the challenges and future directions of digital twin adoption in industries, discussing interoperability, data security, and the need for standardized frameworks.