Toward the Mass Adoption of Blockchain: Cross-Industry Insights from DeFi, Gaming, and Data Analytics
Blockchain’s promise of decentralised, tamper-resistant services is gaining real traction in three arenas: decentralized finance (DeFi), blockchain gaming, and data-driven analytics. These sectors span finance, entertainment, and information services, offering a representative setting in which to st...
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| description | Blockchain’s promise of decentralised, tamper-resistant services is gaining real traction in three arenas: decentralized finance (DeFi), blockchain gaming, and data-driven analytics. These sectors span finance, entertainment, and information services, offering a representative setting in which to study real-world adoption. This survey analyzes how each domain implements blockchain, identifies the incentives that accelerate uptake, and maps the technical and organizational barriers that still limit scale. By examining peer-reviewed literature and recent industry developments, this review distils common design features such as token incentives, verifiable digital ownership, and immutable data governance. It also pinpoints the following domain-specific challenges: capital efficiency in DeFi, asset portability and community engagement in gaming, and high-volume, low-latency querying in analytics. Moreover, cross-sector links are already forming, with DeFi liquidity tools supporting in-game economies and analytics dashboards improving decision-making across platforms. Building on these findings, this paper offers guidance on stronger interoperability and user-centered design and sets research priorities in consensus optimization, privacy-preserving analytics, and inclusive governance. Together, the insights equip developers, policymakers, and researchers to build scalable, interoperable platforms and reuse proven designs while avoiding common pitfalls. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-41019fd104f54540a4b41c665127dbc72025-08-20T03:58:25ZengMDPI AGBig Data and Cognitive Computing2504-22892025-07-019717810.3390/bdcc9070178Toward the Mass Adoption of Blockchain: Cross-Industry Insights from DeFi, Gaming, and Data AnalyticsShezon Saleem Mohammed Abdul0Anup Shrestha1Jianming Yong2School of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, AustraliaSchool of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, AustraliaSchool of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, AustraliaBlockchain’s promise of decentralised, tamper-resistant services is gaining real traction in three arenas: decentralized finance (DeFi), blockchain gaming, and data-driven analytics. These sectors span finance, entertainment, and information services, offering a representative setting in which to study real-world adoption. This survey analyzes how each domain implements blockchain, identifies the incentives that accelerate uptake, and maps the technical and organizational barriers that still limit scale. By examining peer-reviewed literature and recent industry developments, this review distils common design features such as token incentives, verifiable digital ownership, and immutable data governance. It also pinpoints the following domain-specific challenges: capital efficiency in DeFi, asset portability and community engagement in gaming, and high-volume, low-latency querying in analytics. Moreover, cross-sector links are already forming, with DeFi liquidity tools supporting in-game economies and analytics dashboards improving decision-making across platforms. Building on these findings, this paper offers guidance on stronger interoperability and user-centered design and sets research priorities in consensus optimization, privacy-preserving analytics, and inclusive governance. Together, the insights equip developers, policymakers, and researchers to build scalable, interoperable platforms and reuse proven designs while avoiding common pitfalls.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-2289/9/7/178blockchain adoptiondecentralized financeNFT gamingdata-driven analyticsscalabilityinteroperability |
| spellingShingle | Shezon Saleem Mohammed Abdul Anup Shrestha Jianming Yong Toward the Mass Adoption of Blockchain: Cross-Industry Insights from DeFi, Gaming, and Data Analytics Big Data and Cognitive Computing blockchain adoption decentralized finance NFT gaming data-driven analytics scalability interoperability |
| title | Toward the Mass Adoption of Blockchain: Cross-Industry Insights from DeFi, Gaming, and Data Analytics |
| title_full | Toward the Mass Adoption of Blockchain: Cross-Industry Insights from DeFi, Gaming, and Data Analytics |
| title_fullStr | Toward the Mass Adoption of Blockchain: Cross-Industry Insights from DeFi, Gaming, and Data Analytics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toward the Mass Adoption of Blockchain: Cross-Industry Insights from DeFi, Gaming, and Data Analytics |
| title_short | Toward the Mass Adoption of Blockchain: Cross-Industry Insights from DeFi, Gaming, and Data Analytics |
| title_sort | toward the mass adoption of blockchain cross industry insights from defi gaming and data analytics |
| topic | blockchain adoption decentralized finance NFT gaming data-driven analytics scalability interoperability |
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