Wireless blockchain : principles technologies and applications This book explores recent advances in theory and practice of blockchain technology blockchain system and blockchain based service applications in various industrial sectors including manufacturing entertainment public safety public transport healthcare financial services automotive and energy utilities. The authors present the concept of wireless blockchain networks with different network topology and communication protocols for various commonly used blockchain applications demonstrating how communication resource provision affects the blockchain performance such as scalability throughput latency and security levels. Presenting the state of the art and providing readers with insights on how blockchain runs and co works with the existing system (for example 5G) the authors show how blockchain runs as a service to support all vertical sectors efficiently and effectively