探索区块链领域内的新兴技术
Exploring the Emerging Technologies within the Blockchain Landscape
AI总结：
通过分析1445份区块链相关专利文献，梳理区块链与智能合约技术的历史及当前专利趋势，评估其研究潜力与发展情况。
摘要：
尽管区块链技术于2008年首次提出并于2009年实现，但其早期应用主要局限于金融科技，特别是加密货币。后来，区块链成为一项广泛普及的新兴技术，被应用于多个领域和应用中。事实上，各种创新性的区块链和分布式账本技术新应用仍在不断被研究和探索。另一方面，smart-contracts（智能合约）于1990年代首次提出，但直到近期与区块链技术结合后才获得足够的关注。这两者近期被视为许多行业和领域创新的关键。因此，我们从1445份区块链相关专利文献中提取数据，试图梳理区块链领域专利活动的历史和当前趋势。这有助于我们更好地理解区块链技术的演进和追踪方式。专利除了作为科技增长的指标外，还被用于评估特定技术的研究潜力与发展情况。
英文摘要：
Although blockchain technology was first introduced in 2008 and materialised in 2009, the early usage of blockchain were mainly limited to financial technologies, particularly cryptocurrencies. Later, blockchain became a widespread emerging technology, utilised in multifaceted sectors and applications. In fact, various new and innovative application of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies are still continuously being researched and explored. On the other hand, smart-contracts were first introduced in 1990s, however, it did not gain enough popularity until being integrated with blockchain technologies lately. The duo lately been seen as the key to many innovations in various industries and sectors. So, we took data from 1445 blockchain-related patent documents and tried to map out the historical and current trends in patenting activities in the blockchain field. This helps us get a better grasp of how blockchain technologies are evolving and being tracked. In addition to serving as an indicator of science and technology growth, patents are also used to judge the research potential and development of a particular technology.
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