What is Blockchain Technology? What isn’t?: Literature Review

Information and communication technologies that change our ways of doing business and our habits today continue its role without interrupting the pace. It is important that countries, policymakers, researchers and the technologies that are heavily influenced by the business world to adapt these rapid changes and to include technologies that will contribute in business processes. At this point, the concept of blockchain, in which we speak the digital coins, resembles the concept of internet that emerged in the late 20th century. Blockchain technology differs from the existing database logic and distributes the powers of the central authority to each node in the chain and provides the authority and responsibility sharing. It is important to understand the concept of blokchain not only related to digital money, but also with its properties like distributed structure, data security and transparency in combination with technologies such as consensus protocols, security structures and smart contracts. When the literature is examined, it is seen that even the researchers do not understand the technology and structure of the blokchain and try to produce the wrong models and solutions to the needs. It should not be forgotten that research using the advantage of the innovation effect of this technology should give due attention to the proper use and integration of the blockchain structure and contribute to the competitive business world. Therefore, the aim of this study is to introduce the technology correctly through a comprehensive literature review, to eliminate the deficiency in the national literature and to help researchers to think about the subject by introducing good practices from different fields