Analysis of the Blockchain Technology Features and the Comparison between Sectors with DEMATEL and WASPAS

Year 2024, Volume: 15 Issue: 42, 404 - 421, 29.05.2024

Tuğrul Kandemir Arif Arifoğlu Elçin Güneş

https://doi.org/10.21076/vizyoner.1311130

Abstract

It is foreseen that blockchain technology would be more integrated into various fields such as health, law, supply chain and logistics, information technologies, energy, in addition to finance sector. Based on this foresight, the starting point of the study is to determine which features come to the fore in preference of blockchain technology and the sectors where its utilization holds greater significance. In this direction, the study aims to identify the importance level of the features of blockchain technology and the level of preference for adopting blockchain technology across the sectors. In the first stage, the importance level of the features of blockchain technology is determined using the DEMATEL. In the second stage, the preference level for adopting blockchain technology across different sectors is investigated through the WASPAS. The findings show that transparency, independence, and immutability are the three most crucial characteristics of blockchain technology. Furthermore, the law sector, followed by the public sector and insurance sector, are identified as the top three sectors where the preference for utilizing this technology is expected to be the highest. These findings emphasize the need to expand the focus of blockchain technology beyond the finance sector and explore it in various other domains.

Keywords

Blockchain Technology, Information Technologies, Multi-Criteria Decision-Making, DEMATEL, WASPAS

Ethical Statement

For this study the approval of ethical committee no 190812 dated 21.06.2023 was taken from the Ethical Committee, Afyon Kocatepe University.

Blok Zinciri Teknolojisine Ait Özelliklerin ve Sektörler Arası Kıyaslamanın DEMATEL ve WASPAS ile Analizi

Abstract

Blok zinciri teknolojisinin finans sektörünün yanında sağlık, hukuk, tedarik zinciri ve lojistik, bilişim teknolojileri, enerji gibi birçok alana daha fazla entegre edileceği öngörülmektedir. Bu öngörüden hareketle, hangi özelliklerin blok zinciri teknolojisinin tercih edilmesinde ön plana çıktığının ve bu teknolojiyi kullanmanın hangi alanlar için daha fazla önem taşıdığının tespiti, bu çalışmanın çıkış noktasını oluşturmaktadır. Bu doğrultuda çalışmada, blok zinciri teknolojisinin sahip olduğu özelliklerin önem derecesi ve bu teknolojiyi kullanmanın sektörlere göre tercih edilebilme düzeyinin tespit edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Birinci aşamada DEMATEL yöntemi ile blok zinciri teknolojisinin sahip olduğu özelliklerin önem derecesi belirlenmiştir. İkinci aşamada ise WASPAS yöntemi ile blok zinciri teknolojisini kullanmanın sektörlere göre tercih edilebilme düzeyi araştırılmıştır. Bulgular, blok zincir teknolojisinin en önemli ilk üç özelliğinin şeffaflık, bağımsızlık ve değiştirilemezlik olduğunu göstermektedir. Bunun yanında, hukuk, kamu ve sigortacılık sektörlerinin ise bu teknolojinin en çok tercih edilebileceği ilk üç sektör olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular, blok zinciri teknolojisinin günümüzde yaygın olarak kullanıldığı finans sektörünün yanında, birçok farklı alanın da odağına alınması gerektiğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

Block Zinciri Teknolojisi, Bilgi Teknolojileri, Çok Kriterli Karar Verme, DEMATEL, WASPAS

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışma için Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Etik Kurulundan 190812 sayılı ve 21.06.2023 tarihli etik kurul onayı alınmıştır.

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