This paper provides a comprehensive and high level technical overview of BC technology by creating a common language through business and technology about BC. Then an overview of a BC technology, its architectures, classification, challenges, etc. is presented. Finally, some recommendations are provided to re-searchers that will have to be tackled before deploying the next generation of IoT applications based on BC technology.

翻译：本文通过构建商业与技术领域的统一术语，对区块链技术进行了全面且高层次的技术概述。随后，本文概述了区块链技术的架构、分类及所面临的挑战等核心内容。最后，本文为研究人员提供了若干建议，这些建议是部署基于区块链技术的下一代物联网应用之前必须解决的关键问题。