How the Blockchain Can Ensure Virus-free Devices
One of the advantages of the blockchain concept is the capability to register objects on the blockchain, through smart contracts on Ethereum, or entity registration objects on Gorbyte. Such ability allows for a novel approach to guarantee a virus-free, malware-free software environment on a user device running blockchain applications. The objects or entities we are talking about can be software programs, or applications, or components of applications, or parts of an operating system environment. These software entities can be registered and signed on the blockchain by the company that developed the software using a unique identifier. Known companies, who have a reputation to defend, would guarantee that their software registered on the blockchain is virus-free, just as currently happens when we buy and download a software application from a reputable source. In addition to the unique identifier, and the developing company’s signature, these entities will also contain a hash...