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The special interest shown recently in Blockchain and Internet of Things highlighted the possibility of implementing distributed functionalities in nodes as close as possible to the source of data. The paper discusses advantages and challenges of blockchain technology to enable autonomy in Internet of Things, focused on traffic performance monitoring using a series of small single-board computers. Each node will allow running autonomous agents for monitoring point to point links within the network or benchmark with other nodes on the Internet. Through this approach performance evaluation is less influenced by particularly features of the devices, give confidence in the integrity of the data and allow cross-organizational collaboration.
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