Evaluating simulation tools for securing sensor data with blockchain: A comprehensive analysis

Abstract

Securing data generated from diverse sensors poses a critical challenge in contemporary applications, particularly due to the escalating volume of data and its vulnerability to security breaches. Blockchain technology has emerged as a promising solution, yet the implementation of blockchain applications entails significant costs. Assessing the feasibility of such implementations through simulation is imperative but has been hindered by a lack of details survey about the simulation tools leading to wrong choice of tools by the researchers, as every application is unique and requires specific blockchain platform as per use.This paper covers an extensive survey of 32 simulation tools used in blockchain, focusing on their advantages, limitations, platform used, and capability to evaluate performance metrics of blockchain applications. This enables the researchers to choose the correct simulation tool for their work. The work allows the programmer to test their application using the correct simulation tool, saving implementation costs and time. Furthermore, we discussed CBlockSim, a simulation tool designed specifically for blockchain applications, elucidating its functionality through a comparative study of Bitcoin and Ethereum.Our work contributes to advancing the understanding and application of simulation tools in blockchain-based sensor data security, offering insights that can significantly enhance the security posture of sensor networks.

Keywords

• Blockchain
• Simulation tool
• Sensor data
• Performance metrics
• CBlockSim