AS ISO 23257:2024 identically adopts ISO 23257:2022, which specifies requirements of a reference architecture for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) systems including blockchain systems
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms
5 Concepts
5.1 DLT and blockchain systems
5.1.1 General
5.1.2 Blockchain DLT and non-blockchain DLT
5.2 Networking and Communications
5.3 DLT platform
5.4 DLT system interfaces
5.5 Consensus
5.6 Events
5.7 Integrity of ledger content
5.8 Integrity and ledger management
5.9 Subchains and sidechains
5.10 DLT Applications
5.11 DLT solutions
5.12 Smart contracts
5.12.1 General
5.12.2 Smart contract execution on dedicated peers
5.12.3 Smart contract execution on arbitrary peers
5.13 Transactions and how they work
5.14 Tokens, virtual and cryptocurrencies, coins, and associated concepts