Literature Review of Supply Chain Finance Based on Blockchain Perspective

Abstract

Blockchain technology has the characteristics of decentralization and immu- tability. Since it appears, blockchain technology has received widespread at- tention and is considered to be the most revolutionary technology with the most promising development after cloud computing, Internet accelerated speed, and big data. Therefore, a wave of application of blockchain technolo- gy has set off around the world today. Supply chain finance is based on mul- ti-party, relatively closed environment, and requires controllable and trusted data as supporting factors. Naturally, it has great potential room for combin- ing with blockchain technology. The application of blockchain technology in the field of supply chain finance can provide new solutions to the problems in the development of supply chain finance. Therefore, the research on supply chain finance based on blockchain has become a new research hotspot. This article reviews the current literature on the application of blockchain to supply chain finance. Numerous studies have shown that the application of blockchain technology will open a new door for the development of supply chain finance and promote the vigorous and healthy development of supply chain finance.