BCoT: Introduction to Blockchain-Based Internet of Things for Industry 5.0

The Internet of Things is reforming Industry 5.0 to featured blockchaindriven secure connectivity-fundamental characteristics of IoT encounter challenges like decentralization, security vulnerabilities, and deprived interoperability. Blockchain-based centralized technology addresses the challenges of IoT. Blockchain of Things(BCoT) shows the convergence of Blockchain and IoT. The developments in multi-virtual sensor IoT, and heterogeneous multi-system information fusion for BCoT are analyzed in detail. The future challenges of industrial applications of BCoT are discussed in detail. BCoT-based Sustainable Cities and Society (SCS) focuses on developing environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable resilient cities. Dew computing-based BCoT enables the smart city seamless even at unstable Internet connectivity in remote areas.