@article{Rubel_2019, title={No Need to Ask: Creating Permissionless Blockchains of Metadata Records}, volume={38}, url={https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/10822}, DOI={10.6017/ital.v38i2.10822}, abstractNote={<p class="AbstractText"><span lang="EN-CA">This article will describe how permissionless metadata blockchains could be created to overcome two significant limitations in current cataloging practices: centralization and a lack of traceability. The process would start by creating public and private keys, which could be managed using digital wallet software. After creating a genesis block, nodes would submit either a new record or modifications to a single record for validation. Validation would rely on a Federated Byzantine Agreement consensus algorithm because it offers the most flexibility for institutions to select authoritative peers. Only the top tier nodes would be required to store a copy of the entire blockchain thereby allowing other institutions to decide whether they prefer to use the abridged version or the full version.</span></p>}, number={2}, journal={Information Technology and Libraries}, author={Rubel, Dejah}, year={2019}, month={Jun.}, pages={11–17} }