Haojun Huang is an associate professor at the School of Electronic Information and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. His current research interests include Internet of Things, Network Function Virtualization, Software-Defined Networking, and Artificial Intelligence for networking. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Communications Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China.Lizhe Wang is the Dean and “ChuTian” chair professor at the School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences (CUG), and a professor at the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China. His research interests include cloud computing, HPC, e-science, and spatial data processing. He is a fellow of the British Computer Society and the IET and a series board member of the IET Book Series on Big Data.Yulei Wu is a senior lecturer with the Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom. His main research focuses on computer networks, networked systems, software-defined networks and systems, network management, and network security and privacy. He is an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management and an area editor of Computer Networks (Elsevier).Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo holds the Cloud Technology Endowed Professorship at the University of Texas at San Antonio, United States. He is the recipient of various awards, including the 2019 IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing (Middle Career Researcher).

• Chapter 1: Introduction to blockchainsChapter 2: Blockchain system architecture, applications and research issuesChapter 3: Blockchain consensuses and incentivesChapter 4: Blockchain applications, projects and implementationsChapter 5: Blockchain for Internet of ThingsChapter 6: Blockchain in 5G and 6G networksChapter 7: EdgeChain to provide security in organization-based multi-agent systemsChapter 8: Blockchain-driven privacy-preserving machine learningChapter 9: Performance evaluation of differential privacy mechanisms in blockchain-based smart meteringChapter 10: Scaling-out blockchains with sharding: an extensive surveyChapter 11: Blockchain for GIS: an overviewChapter 12: Blockchain application in remote sensing big data management and production

Haojun Huang is an associate professor at the School of Electronic Information and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. His current research interests include Internet of Things, Network Function Virtualization, Software-Defined Networking, and Artificial Intelligence for networking. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Communications Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China.Lizhe Wang is the Dean and “ChuTian” chair professor at the School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences (CUG), and a professor at the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China. His research interests include cloud computing, HPC, e-science, and spatial data processing. He is a fellow of the British Computer Society and the IET and a series board member of the IET Book Series on Big Data.Yulei Wu is a senior lecturer with the Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom. His main research focuses on computer networks, networked systems, software-defined networks and systems, network management, and network security and privacy. He is an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management and an area editor of Computer Networks (Elsevier).Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo holds the Cloud Technology Endowed Professorship at the University of Texas at San Antonio, United States. He is the recipient of various awards, including the 2019 IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing (Middle Career Researcher).

• Chapter 1: Introduction to blockchainsChapter 2: Blockchain system architecture, applications and research issuesChapter 3: Blockchain consensuses and incentivesChapter 4: Blockchain applications, projects and implementationsChapter 5: Blockchain for Internet of ThingsChapter 6: Blockchain in 5G and 6G networksChapter 7: EdgeChain to provide security in organization-based multi-agent systemsChapter 8: Blockchain-driven privacy-preserving machine learningChapter 9: Performance evaluation of differential privacy mechanisms in blockchain-based smart meteringChapter 10: Scaling-out blockchains with sharding: an extensive surveyChapter 11: Blockchain for GIS: an overviewChapter 12: Blockchain application in remote sensing big data management and production

Haojun Huang is an associate professor at the School of Electronic Information and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. His current research interests include Internet of Things, Network Function Virtualization, Software-Defined Networking, and Artificial Intelligence for networking. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Communications Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China.Lizhe Wang is the Dean and “ChuTian” chair professor at the School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences (CUG), and a professor at the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China. His research interests include cloud computing, HPC, e-science, and spatial data processing. He is a fellow of the British Computer Society and the IET and a series board member of the IET Book Series on Big Data.Yulei Wu is a senior lecturer with the Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom. His main research focuses on computer networks, networked systems, software-defined networks and systems, network management, and network security and privacy. He is an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management and an area editor of Computer Networks (Elsevier).Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo holds the Cloud Technology Endowed Professorship at the University of Texas at San Antonio, United States. He is the recipient of various awards, including the 2019 IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing (Middle Career Researcher).

• Chapter 1: Introduction to blockchainsChapter 2: Blockchain system architecture, applications and research issuesChapter 3: Blockchain consensuses and incentivesChapter 4: Blockchain applications, projects and implementationsChapter 5: Blockchain for Internet of ThingsChapter 6: Blockchain in 5G and 6G networksChapter 7: EdgeChain to provide security in organization-based multi-agent systemsChapter 8: Blockchain-driven privacy-preserving machine learningChapter 9: Performance evaluation of differential privacy mechanisms in blockchain-based smart meteringChapter 10: Scaling-out blockchains with sharding: an extensive surveyChapter 11: Blockchain for GIS: an overviewChapter 12: Blockchain application in remote sensing big data management and production