Guest Editorial Special Issue on Blockchain-Based Secure and Trusted Computing for IoT

The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to connect a massive number of smart devices to the Internet. The existing centralized architecture for handling the huge volume of data created in the IoT is facing many research challenges, including security and privacy, trustworthiness, operational challenges, business models and the practical aspects, and legal and compliance issues. These challenges ask for new approaches to online identity, trustworthy transactions, and resilient networks.