TY  - JOUR
AU  - Javanmardi, Saeed
AU  - Scarpa, Marco
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/03/23
TI  - Can Sidechains and AI Save the Edge? A Perspective on Scalability and Security in IoT-Fog Blockchains
JO  - Journal of Systems Scalability
T2  - Journal of Systems Scalability
JF  - Journal of Systems Scalability
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
SP  - 23
EP  - 28
DO  - 10.62762/JSS.2025.237121
UR  - https://www.icck.org/article/abs/JSS.2025.237121
KW  - blockchain
KW  - sidechain
KW  - IoT-Fog networks
KW  - scalability and security
KW  - artificial intelligence
AB  - IoT-Fog networks create big challenges in scalability, latency, and security at the edge. This paper gives a simple perspective on how sidechains and artificial intelligence (AI) can help. Sidechains process local transactions near devices, increase throughput, and reduce delay. AI methods, such as Random Forest, detect abnormal traffic, predict workload peaks, and adjust network settings (for example, block time and number of validators). We present clear, small formulas for throughput, latency, checkpoint cost, and security, and we show how these formulas guide design choices (block time $T_b$, confirmations $k$, checkpoint period $\tau$). The goal is an easy model that links design choices to performance and security, helping readers build faster, safer, and more adaptive IoT-Fog Blockchain networks.
SN  - 3142-7855
PB  - Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge
LA  - English
ER  - 

@article{Javanmardi2026Can,
  author = {Saeed Javanmardi and Marco Scarpa},
  title = {Can Sidechains and AI Save the Edge? A Perspective on Scalability and Security in IoT-Fog Blockchains},
  journal = {Journal of Systems Scalability},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {1},
  number = {1},
  pages = {23-28},
  doi = {10.62762/JSS.2025.237121},
  url = {https://www.icck.org/article/abs/JSS.2025.237121},
  abstract = {IoT-Fog networks create big challenges in scalability, latency, and security at the edge. This paper gives a simple perspective on how sidechains and artificial intelligence (AI) can help. Sidechains process local transactions near devices, increase throughput, and reduce delay. AI methods, such as Random Forest, detect abnormal traffic, predict workload peaks, and adjust network settings (for example, block time and number of validators). We present clear, small formulas for throughput, latency, checkpoint cost, and security, and we show how these formulas guide design choices (block time \$T\_b\$, confirmations \$k\$, checkpoint period \$\tau\$). The goal is an easy model that links design choices to performance and security, helping readers build faster, safer, and more adaptive IoT-Fog Blockchain networks.},
  keywords = {blockchain, sidechain, IoT-Fog networks, scalability and security, artificial intelligence},
  issn = {3142-7855},
  publisher = {Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge}
}