key: cord-0259647-h8yztxlo authors: Hussain, Abdullah Al; Emon, Md. Akhtaruzzaman; Tanna, Toufiq Ahmed; Emon, Rasel Iqbal; Onik, Md. Mehedi Hassan title: A Systematic Literature Review of Blockchain Technology Adoption in Bangladesh date: 2022-01-15 journal: nan DOI: 10.33166/aetic.2022.01.001 sha: 4df1cf94d92726c55ee903a69c5513ff8767c8a5 doc_id: 259647 cord_uid: h8yztxlo The spirit of"blockchain technology"is a distributed database in which saved data is transparent, accountable, public, immutable, and traceable. This base-level disruptive technology can boost the security and privacy-related efficiency of various domains. As Bangladesh is currently aiming for sustainable development, blockchain technology adoption by local researchers is growing robustly. However, in Bangladesh, the blockchain Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is not yet well structured which is also limiting the perspective of local developers and researchers. Therefore, sectors like governance, healthcare, security, privacy, farming, information authentication, cryptocurrencies, internet architecture, data, and so on are unable to utilize the full potential of this technology. In this research, the authors conduct an in-depth review of such types of blockchain technology-related research articles that have been published recently and are also solely focused on Bangladesh. From 5 publishers (IEEE Xplore, ACM, ScienceDirect, Taylor&Francis, and SpringerLink) this study analyses 70 articles published during the year 2016-2020. The study results find the top 13 sectors where Bangladeshi researchers are currently focusing on. Those studies identify that the rigid policy by the government, scarcity of expert researchers, and lack of resources are the main reasons why Bangladesh is still struggling to accommodate blockchain extensively. In addition, published papers are mostly based on theoretical concepts without an appropriate implementation. Finally, this study will be a great resource to the developers, entrepreneurs, and technology enthusiasts to determine the strategic plan for adopting blockchain technology in Bangladesh or even in any other developing country. Satoshi Nakamoto initially introduced both Blockchain Technology and Bitcoin in 2008, where he defined how a cryptology-based decentralized and distributed public ledger can be accumulated into a digital application [1] - [2] . In the current policy, currency dealings between two persons or firms are centralized and measured by a third-party unit such as a bank [3] . In addition, to perform that transaction, a fee is also charged. To solve this aforesaid issue, blockchain technology has developed. But the concept of blockchain technology is not limited to digital exchange and finance anymore. It has regularly stretched into healthcare, management of supply chain, marketplace monitoring, intelligent energy, personal data privacy, and so on [4] - [7] . Different kinds of domains are going up with the importance of blockchain. As a developing country, blockchain will have a significant influence on it. If Bangladesh is allowed to use cryptocurrency, the corruption rate will be decreased dramatically [8] . In Bangladesh, there is limited progress in blockchain technology due to the lack of structures and directions. The current policy of the Bangladesh Bank, which deliberates bitcoin and additional cryptocurrencies to be illegitimate under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) of 1947 and the Money Laundering Prevention Act (MLPA) of 2012, is the most severe question 1 . In some other domains like Supply Chain, Healthcare, Business, Privacy, IoT, Data Management Areas, Proposed National Blockchain Strategies, Blockchain technology can also be executed [9] . In this document, there are some approaches that the authors tried to prescribe a pathway to become a blockchain-enabled nation. However, to achieve that, we need a team of Blockchain Experts, some Technologists who understand blockchain technology, academicians, government officials, and other collaborators with a better policy that supports blockchain-based technology. Our neighbour country India has progressed in many sectors in blockchain technology. Many countries have also accepted blockchain technology sectors earlier and now leading the entire world, such as China, Australia, Japan, UAE, Malta, Switzerland, USA, Estonia, U.K., Singapore 2 . In this study, we outline a systematic literature review on blockchain technology development, especially in Bangladesh. A systematic literature review defines, chooses, and objectively appraises a study to answer an articulated question [10] . It is essential to give a country the direction towards future researches, broadens the knowledge on the research topics, and also to detect which domains of research are inescapable that need to perform. Health systematic literature review [11] , procedures for performing systematic reviews [12] , software engineering [13] , cloud computing service composition [14] , microcredit industry [15] , enhancing security through software-defined networking-IoT enabled architecture [16] , are some good examples of systematic literature reviews that previously helped us while adopting with those sectors. The main theme of this paper is based on the collection of some Statistical Data and Analysis Results which are mainly being focused on adopting blockchain technology within Bangladesh. We have collected data from five publishers like IEEE Xplore, ACM, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and ScienceDirect. We also have devised Blockchain-related journals and their distribution by discipline. Consequently, a total of 70 journal papers could be possible to find out by us that have prescribed mainly based on Bangladesh. To the best of our knowledge, this systematic literature review would be the first where a detailed analysis is done exclusively on the blockchain-related articles formed in Bangladesh. • To find out the progress of blockchain technology in Bangladesh. • To ponder about the policy on blockchain technology in Bangladesh, policy-makers, educational institutions, and responsible technical persons. • To unleash possible technical sectors of Bangladesh where we can use blockchain technology. • Expressing all the barriers in Bangladeshi society during the adoption of blockchain technology. • Searching those types of people who are working on executing blockchain technology in Bangladesh precisely. • Finding out the papers and the domains that are being practiced on Blockchain Technology in Bangladesh. A detailed description of the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of blockchain technology adoption in Bangladesh has illustrated in this section. An SLR is a formal procedure where researchers design and develop the research questions based on evidence [17] . This section provides insight on how blockchain technology is being evolved here in Bangladesh with adequate scientific evidence. It also delivers detailed information on the ongoing research domains, challenges, and a preamble place for future blockchain technology-related research scope in Bangladesh. Overall, the study critically examined blockchain technology-related research articles. The detailed SLR procedure has been adopted to Kitchenham's www.aetic.theiaer.org procedure that includes sections like research questions, article selections, manual selections, attributes framework, and articles assessment (Figure-1) [18] - [20] . Besides, this article also accommodates guidance to make systematic literature from another study as well [21] . Once the direction and motive selection is done, the study does decide to focus on the SLR of the blockchain technology adoption in Bangladesh. Finally, in this section, research questions based on the selected topics are done. b) Article Selection: After a thorough analysis of the research questions, the study covers the initial searches for all the Blockchain Technology-related papers which address Bangladesh (adopted by the Bangladeshi authors or published in the Bangladeshi venues as well). Once the initial article selection has been done, a manual selection for inclusion and exclusion of articles has been completed to choose the final set of articles for further study. c) Attribute framework: The attribute identification from the finally selected articles is evaluated by the pilot experiment. By performing this pilot experiment, this study has outlined the justified attributes. Finally, the framework tries to finalize the attribute and creates a database from the selective digital libraries for articles. d) Article assessment: Article assessment is the final part of the SLR protocol. This part tries to finalize the pilot assignment by writing the query based on those selected databases. After writing all the queries, the study categorizes and examines each article manually to identify the domain. Then the research questions have been explained by this work exponentially and the work also has been summarized to reach our goal consecutively. It has almost been a decade since Nakamoto introduced blockchain technology [22] . Afterward, countries all over the world are adopting this ground-breaking technology for multiple purposes. Depending on the applications, technological strengths, and research implications, every country has managed blockchain differently. Similarly, being a developing country, Bangladesh has also accommodated AETiC 2022, Vol. 6, No. 1 4 www.aetic.theiaer.org this blockchain technology with enormous opportunities for scientific and technological growth. Therefore, this study critically analyses Bangladesh-related blockchain technology articles to provide a concrete research direction and upcoming adoption challenges aiming especially all the policymakers, researchers, and government. For this, this study formulates three research questions (Table-1 ). In this article selection section, this study finalizes the articles taken into consideration for this systematic literature review (SLR). Five major millstones are shown in the review protocol (Figure-1) to complete this whole article selection procedure. In addition, this study also searches for some relevant publication venues followed by the identification of duplicate articles. Search results from several publishers were analysed based on their titles. Besides, a summary of the chosen articles was also created for future use through this study. Based on that initial article selection, this study focuses on the authors' nationality. Then, the articles are excluded or included after checking references before finalizing the ultimate article selection. All the research questions and the domain of those researches that have been created based on the blockchain technology adoption in Bangladesh are mainly focused on this Inclusion Criteria. By following these inclusion criteria (IC), this study identifies the article selection condition that allows us to identify the research directions and challenges of blockchain use-case. (Table- 2) illustrates the IC of this SLR. The selected papers must have strong relevance with blockchain technology which is adopted in Bangladesh, it should be verified from the title, abstract, and keywords from the article selection. Those articles that are already published in journals and conferences in Bangladesh should be selected for review. Those published articles written by Bangladeshi authors and those should be written in English. Should have collected the articles that have been published "between" 2016 to 2020. IC5 The selected papers must be blockchain technology-related but they can be accepted from various domains. Manual analysis is imperative for picking up the conceivable significant papers accurately concerning this subject with the assistance of title, keywords, and abstract. This study uses five libraries for searching the relevant research topics. From these publishers' libraries, this work selects some chapters of books, journal articles, conference articles that are relevant to the study topics which are involved in a systematic literature review of blockchain technology adoption in Bangladesh. By using the search options of each publication library, this study critically scrutinizes to include the articles related to our study objective. To be more specific, the searching factors are confined to Title, Abstract, and keywords. All the five publishers' libraries are listed in (Table-3) . We make a query processing on those five databases (Table-4 ). We started queries on the first of March in 2021. By doing this query we found 70 articles researched by the Bangladeshi authors ( Figure-2 ). In this study, we have separated the specified domains into three parts including Technical issues and solutions related articles, Policy and Recommendation related articles, and eventually Overview and other articles. In the entire paper, we have found 70 articles and we separate them into these 3 main domains (Technical issues and solutions related Articles, Policy and recommendation related Articles, Overview and other relevant Articles) ( Figure 3 ). Afterward, multiple sub-domains are formed based on the aforesaid 3 main domains (Table-5) ( Figure 5 ). The study then considers only the top 13 sub-domains (Table-5) ( Figure 5 ). The articles are selected as governance domain because these articles are related to government works or maintain the rules of the government. Besides that, those articles are related to different organizational security purposes are selected as security domains. Privacy The articles are selected as privacy domains because these articles are identity or privacy-related papers of blockchain technology. Besides that, those articles are related to organizational privacy and security purposes. The articles are selected as storage domains because these articles are related to storage papers of blockchain technology. Architecture The articles are selected as architecture because these articles are related to the architectural programmed related paper in blockchain technology. Healthcare Healthcare domain-related papers are describing the practice of blockchain technology in the healthcare sector in Bangladesh. The articles are selected as survey and review domains that are the literature review or survey time paper which all are published in Bangladesh. The articles are selected as farming domains that are related to farming using blockchain technology. The articles are selected as security domains because these articles are identity or secrecy-related papers of blockchain technology. The articles are selected as information verification domain, this verify the information and the paper which all are published in Bangladesh. Cryptocurrencies The articles are selected as Cryptocurrencies domain, these articles are worked on Cryptocurrencies technology and the paper which all are published in Bangladesh. The articles are selected as Internet domain, these articles are worked on internet and the paper which all are published in Bangladesh. The articles are selected as data, these articles are worked on data and information and the paper which all are published in Bangladesh. As a result of this survey, we found a total of 70 papers that are published in different five publisher websites as represented in the following graph. In the result, IEEE Xplore is the biggest contributor with 37 papers. On contrary, from Taylor & Francis, we just could collect only 1 paper (Figure-2 ). In Table ( 6-10), we have tried to find out the domain specifications for each paper we collected. We have read each paper's abstract and title and then from that knowledge we have divided the analysis into 3 major domains (Figure-3) . Moreover, we divided them into 13 sub-domains (Figure-4) and eventually tried to provide a brief description on the key concepts of each article. We got 47, 16 and 7 papers that are relevant to technical issues and also related to the solutions for technical issues, policy and recommendations, and Overview and others respectively (Figure- In (Figure-4) , we try to figure out the total 13 sub-domains papers number and the five databases holding papers numbers (Table-11 ). In this segment, we are going to discourse the results and responses of the research questions. Later we discuss the limitations of our research and recommend some future directions as well. www.aetic.theiaer.org Based on our analysed literature, this study outlined 13 application sub-domains where blockchain technology is being used . From 4.1.1 to 4.1.13 , this study will describe those sub-domains extensively and also justifies them with respect to Bangladesh. Almost one-fourth (23) of the total articles considered (70) in this study are governance-related (Table-11 ). These articles include supply chain, e-voting, land registration, management system. This article is about Driving License Supervision and Driver's Repute System for our country [23] . In that article the author tried to make a highlight on blockchain and smart contracts that created an improved driving license administration, driver's reputation framework, and computerized a few repetitive steps for a proficient system. Another article is about E-voting by using blockchain technology [33] . In that kind of article an IoT based framework is planned to exchange information from e-voting gadgets to the nodes and the approach uses a conveyed ledger technology where information is shared and conveyed into a network. Bangladesh is a country where corruption and mismanagement are major issues against development. Every year corruption and bad governance cost lots of money in Bangladesh 3 . If more research and a real implementation of blockchain technology can be done in Bangladesh, the country will be able to save millions. From (70) articles there are only (6) articles regarding healthcare (Table-11 ). These articles are about secure data sharing about healthcare, Prediction of Dengue Infected Areas, Electronic Medical Records (EMR). This article is regarding the Prediction of Dengue Infected Areas using the technology of the Crowdsourcing Framework [57] . By using this technology, we can search for the crowdsourcing and Dengue that can be easily spread to some kind of places and take the patients far from that place and use Ethereum-blockchain to recover the sanctuary of the background and avoid fake area information. Another group of articles regarding blockchain-Based Information EMR in a Health care Communication Scheme here presents a blockchain-based show for securing EMR [76] . Utilized SHA256 protected hash calculation for creating a special and alike 256-bit or 32-byte hash rate for a specific therapeutic result. The situation of the health sector in Bangladesh is not much good. There are corruption and mismanagement which reduce the hope of the patient to get proper treatments [93] . If it is probable to assure proper usage of blockchain technology it will beneficial for all. Possible implementation domains could be Covid-19 vaccine supply, medicine supply, specialist doctor information, data security of medical organizations. After Governance, the articles are mostly found which are related to security (Table-11 ). From (70) articles we find out (18) security-related articles. These articles are about Security management, Attack Detection, Examining Usability Issues, Data security, Secure Data Transaction. First article is regarding the improvement of data security through blockchain, Like data access from cloud data storing by unapproved clients [34] . This exertion employs thumbprint as a biometric method and progressed encoding usual as a reliable encoding framework. Another group of article is blockchain-Based Cryptocurrency Wallets [77] . This article investigates the common convenience topics with computer and cell or phone-based cases and the consequences uncover that mutual wallet need great convenience in executing the basic assignments which are going to be better quality. It essentially outlines the discoveries and point out the viewpoints where the issues exist. www.aetic.theiaer.org In Bangladesh, blockchain-security related articles are quite familiar and that kind of technology is being used in different kinds of technological sectors also. For that reason, different kinds of crime are being prevented. Possible implementation domains could be secure mobile banking, data transfer. From (70) articles there are only (7) articles regarding Privacy in (Table-11) . These articles are about Implementation for Smart Cities, Smart National Identity Card, Privacy-friendly platform for healthcare. This article is related to blockchain-built SDN-IoT constructional security with NFV Execution for Canny Cities where planning for smart cities has been planned [27] . The architecture safeguards metadata within individual coating in addition to load the process. Another article is about the Protected Smart National Identity Card Management proposal using blockchain [43] . Here in this article, most recent improvements in the field of NID card framework by implementing blockchain as a model where moreover talk about the working process of blockchain besides the contests confronted and upcoming points of view are also elaborated. Bangladesh is a country where privacy can be unlocked very easily and the security system is not up to the mark 4 . The data is being stolen very easily by any person or any organization. We need to work on it. We find out only (4) articles regarding surveys using blockchain technology (Table-11 ). These articles are about the challenges and needs of blockchain software, File System and Securely Manageable (EMR), Feedback on Blockchain Technology. An article is related to a feedback system using blockchain technology [39] . In that article digital feedback system will be utilized where input will be guaranteed with the namelessness of the users and also make sure the belief of users is being stalled when feedback is given. Moreover, it'll grant a thought of how the people of an organization think about certain themes. Another article is about software expansion applies of blockchain schemes [82] , which is also an inspection-based article which investigates the program-building practices of these ventures. Computer program building strategies counting challenging and sanctuary best hones got to be adjusted with reality to discourse the exceptional features of blockchain. Bangladesh is a developing country and needs to make more surveys about blockchain technology. "The survey articles are not very much available in our country", stated according to an official statement by the Bangladesh National Bank. From these survey-type articles, we can understand which technology is easy to be executed by exact end-user and which is beneficial for all. We need to work more on this. Regarding the review of sub-domains, there are only (2) articles to found in (Table-11 ). Those articles are about Healthcare applications and SDN and blockchain-based IoT Countermeasures. The first review article is about developing blockchain technology in Health care Applications [75] . This considers methodically looks all-important explore articles about blockchain in the healthcare system in three available catalogues. They think about utilizing the characterized catchphrases 'blockchain', 'electronic health archives', 'health care and their varieties'. Another article talks about approximately SDN and blockchain built IoT Countermeasures [50] . Here, watching the IoT arranged highlights, security details, and contests conjointly profound inquire about approximately SDN and blockchain-grounded which are tended for IoT to organize and also sanctuary with the scenario. There is a lack of research into the use of blockchain technology. Researchers should focus on subdomains such as medical and healthcare applications, Agricultural applications, Banking sector, etc. Students need to come forward to find new inventions regarding this technology. There are only (3) articles found in (Table- So, the first article is about blockchain Networks Using Lapping Information Delivery [90] , and it will be reducing storage requirements. In this article, a strategy to separate the entire blockchain of contacts and a variety of duplicates has been proposed. At that point, these shards are distributed consistently over the nodes within the organization. Another article is about the Addition of blockchain and Further Records to Get to the Protocol-Grounded Record [80] . This article recommends utilizing blockchain for fortifying small tries against hacking by disturbing the organization at any point of completing any changes to all the data without utilizing the official channels. It will be completed by the blockchain technology's innate hash repetition and withdrawal calculation. The next article is regarding data security but data analysis articles are not sufficient in Bangladesh. Data is not much secure in our country. So, it is needed to research data analysis and statistics to make the data more secure and more useful. So possible implementation domains could be data analysis, data transfer security, and so on. Only (1) article is being found by us regarding storage (Table-11 ). The only article is about Increasing Throughput and Reducing Storage. So, this article is about Growing Quantity and Tumbling Storage Bloating Problem by IPFS and Dualblockchain Method [31] . This Paper is persuaded due to the need for versatility on the prevailing blockchain innovations. A conveyed capacity framework IPFS is utilized to avoid putting absent obligations and to expand output. There are very few articles and papers that are published in the storage sub-domain. In Bangladesh, storage-related papers and articles are not popular because the capability to maintain the storage and usability of data storage is not sufficient. Most of the web domains are being outsourced because storage is not sufficient. So, storage-related research and articles are not justified for our country. If the government take proper steps, storage-based domain-related work can be made a huge opportunity for blockchain technology. Like review, there are only (2) articles regarding architecture that we found in (Table-11 ). Those articles are about ASIC-resistant for blockchain systems and another one is Efficient blockchain Segmented Work. So, the first article is about ASIC-resistant Proof-of-Work for blockchain systems [45] . This article proposed a Filtered Proof-of-Work (FPoW) and its' ASIC-resistivity is assessed to create an upcomingresistant ASIC-resistant agreement convention. Another article is about Efficient blockchain systems based on Proof of Segmented Work [32] . This system is attempted to decrease energy utilization by restricting the interest of all the hubs within the network by putting a parcel of emphasis on the concept of fair reward distribution which isn't considered in most cryptocurrencies. Blockchain Architectural articles can improve the architectural situation of our country's data security. Every year lots of websites and data are being hacked and stolen by hackers. If the research regarding architecture is performed well the security will be increased enormously. For that, the Bangladeshi author should focus on blockchain architecture significantly. Thus, some possible implementation domains could be Hierarchical Blockchain, Edge Computing, and so on. Like storage, there are only (1) article regarding Information Verification that we found in (Table-11 ). This article is about Fake News Detection. The article is about Fake News Detection in communal media exploitation of blockchain [54] . This article is studied based on Fake news, which is more appealing than the genuine one. In this way, individuals got to be confused. Utilizing the preferences of blockchains peer-to-peer arranged concepts identify fake news in social media. In our country Rumours is a common incidence. People take action without judging the right information. For that reason, there is a lot of harm and damage that has been done in our country. It's a political, or even become an economic issue sometimes. It will be justified, if Information verification-related www.aetic.theiaer.org blockchain papers and research-related works are focused properly in Bangladesh. So, possible implementation domains could be Facebook post verification, stock exchange news verification, etc. Like storage and Information Verification, there are only (1) article regarding farming that had been found in (Table-11 ). This article is about the Unconventional Method of Farming without Mediators. The only farming sub-domain related article is "An Unconventional Means of Farming Without Mediators through blockchain" [55] . This article is projected on a dispersed agricultural stage, named KHET to resolution the specified problems and establishes belief and regionalization between agronomic partners such as agronomists, supply corporations, and marketplaces. Bangladesh is an agricultural country. 80 percent of the people of our country are directly connected and about 90-95 percent of people are indirectly connected with agriculture and farming. So, in this sector blockchain technology should grow up the research for our farmers and the interpreters. By using the technology, the production and the supply system of farming and agricultural product will be easy and the waste of products will get to be decreased. The possible implementation domain could be Farm Product Supply in this case. Like storage and Information Verification and farming, there is only (1) article regarding Cryptocurrencies (Table-11) . This article is about Trustworthy Electronic voting by Familiar blockchain [64] . Electronic voting is a productive strategy that seems to offer assistance to individuals who seem not to vote for a restricted period. It too solves the issue of long voting time due to numerous voters or more complicated voting steps. So, proposing cryptanalysis on a dependable electronic voting plot with blockchain and discovers out that there are some issues in the main proposed plot. A cryptocurrency is a digital medium of exchange such as the US Dollar. Cryptocurrency is not a regular thing in Bangladesh. Very little amount of paperwork has been done about "Cryptocurrency" in Bangladesh. So, more research is needed to execute this technology for Bangladesh. Like storage and Information Verification and farming, there are also only (1) article found regarding Internet (Table-11 ). This article is about "Secured blockchain-Based Decentralised Internet". This article proposed a new decentralized internet-based article. This article attempts to depict with blockchain technology into the decentralization of the web [66] . A decentralized arrangement assures to empower the web to function from the smart-phone or tablet of anyone rather than centralized servers. In Bangladesh Internet is quite available now. Most of the person knows and uses it for a different purpose. But the internet service is not secure in our country. Most of the people got harassed on the platform of the internet. Females are mostly the victim of harassment. Blockchain technology can prevent such problems. So, we need to work and study internet based blockchain technology. One possible implementation domain could be Safe Internet Blockchain Security. After a thorough analysis of several blockchain technology-related research articles as well as existing policies prevailing in Bangladesh, this study identifies major challenges and obstacles of this technology adoption in Bangladesh. As an underdeveloped country where a limited amount of money is being dedicated to the research and development sector, Bangladesh faces several technical limitations. Although blockchain technology experience some common technical issues 5 , how those limitations are affected here are mentioned herewith. Immaturity: Blockchain is still immature because it is evolving and this is one of the major limitations of blockchain. For immaturity, blockchain cannot be used in a wide range of adoption. However, there are few domains in blockchain that are matured to be used in the production environment. www.aetic.theiaer.org Lack of Standardization programming language: To adopt blockchain, lack of standardization programming language is another problem. According to University Grants Commission (UGC), undergraduates' advice for making a typical Syllabus that is limited to C, C++, Java, C#, PHP, and python might not be enough to develop blockchain 6 . Scalability: As previously said, the scalability of major public blockchain schemes is inadequate. The private blockchain networks seem to provide greater scalability in principle. However, since their scalability is not well known, there is no definitive evidence of it. For any large-scale adoption, this is a long way away. Energy Scarcity: In developing countries like Bangladesh, the energy crisis is a major problem. Consensus algorithms (such as Proof of Work) that are used in big public blockchain networks use a lot of power. According to the Bitcoin network's current energy usage is about 113.47 TWH, which is equal to Netherland's energy consumption [94] . Because of the simplicity of the consensus algorithm used in Bitcoin, the rate of energy use rises as Bitcoin's popularity expands. As a result, many people are unsure if this is likely to continue in the future. So, energy scarcity is a big problem to adopt blockchain in Bangladesh. Internet Scarcity: Internet Scarcity is another major problem in Bangladesh. Rendering the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission's (BTRC) figures, the country's net customers totalled 108.188 million in August 2020, up from 54.120 million after December 2015 [95] . Customers have increased rapidly but our capacity is not. Bangladesh is in the 98th position out of 175 nations (speed). Security and Vulnerability in Internet Infrastructure: According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, active internet users were 116.14 million in March 2021 7 . Many national and global corporations are facilitating online shopping, banking, communication, and a variety of other e-commerce services. But the matter of concern is that most of the software used in our country is pirated. Taking advantage of this, criminals infiltrate digital networks and engage in illegal activities like phishing, hacking, and stealing personal data and institutional information. High Implementation Cost: Implementation of blockchain costs a lot. Because blockchain is a featuredependent technology, the ultimate pricing will vary contingent on the scheme stipulations. We must mention that the charge of emerging a blockchain application starts from $5,000 to $200,000 that is too much for Bangladesh. It is also one of the obstacles of developing blockchain technology. Compatibility with already established systems: There are many obstacles to adopt blockchain technology in Bangladesh and one of the causes is compatibility with the existing system. To apply blockchain we are in lack of expertise, advanced technology, and so on. Moreover, all the people in Bangladesh are still not aware of blockchain technology. They don't know what is it, how to use it. It feels like "an already established system is much easier than blockchain." For that, it is necessary to adjust to an already established system. Less opportunity for using paid software: As a developing country, Bangladesh is not technologically advanced enough. The implementation cost of blockchain is much higher in our country. The rate of piracy in our county is 92% 8 . Using paid software cost a lot because generally, we have to buy the software from abroad since we are yet not much developed in software industries. In addition, weak law enforcement, and the lacking income, moral degradation, and the lack of awareness of lawbreaking is also the cause. Lack of awareness: Many companies are unaware of the benefits that private blockchain technologies will provide to their operations. Many people believe in cryptocurrency to be the only usage case for blockchain, so they treat the two words interchangeably. We can see from the result and analysis only (75) articles on (13) sectors in Bangladesh used blockchain technology. Lack of regulatory mechanism: Adopters gain hope from a regulatory framework covering any novel technology. The lack of such a structure, on the other hand, confuses. From our analysis, Bangladesh has no such regulatory strategy. In this paper [96] , we find that the law and regulatory policy because it could impact how far and how fast the technology could develop. This also balances the system risk. Legal Concerns about Policy: The Administration of the People's Republic of Bangladesh released the National blockchain Strategy: "Pathway to become a blockchain-enabled Nation in 2020." But like a few www.aetic.theiaer.org other countries, Bangladesh also banned any sort of cryptocurrencies in 2017. It can be said hostile view towards cryptocurrencies. Another sector except financial blockchain growth is slow. So, Bangladesh government need to change their policy towards blockchain and make a policy that benefits everyone. Governance: Every blockchain system's governance is a key problem that is commonly ignored. In several cases, the governance of a blockchain determines its success and adoption. Surprisingly, various facets of blockchain governance are analogous to how a company, consortium, or group of companies distributes responsibility within themselves. Before deciding to use blockchain for their solutions, each company must consider this. This necessitates a modern governance paradigm, which may be difficult for any organization to implement. Many organizations will benefit greatly from a controlled blockchain network (managed by the government or any private organization) since they would not have to think about governance issues [97] . As a new technology, there is a lack of human resources such as a team of blockchain experts and technologists. Our universities and college academicians are very few who are researching on blockchain and published their work on blockchain. To overcome this, we need government support. Lack of technological expertise: Any new technology faces a skills gap, particularly during its early stages of development. Blockchain technology is no exception; blockchain professionals are in short supply all over the world. This is especially true in Bangladesh as a developing country in South Asia. Furthermore, there is a lack of understanding of Blockchain and its benefits among the general public. Finally, this study could find some strategies that must be taken by the government, researchers, and educationists for sustainable development of Bangladesh. Firstly, create research funds for researchers and educational institutes to build infrastructure. Secondly, organize national and international seminars and workshops. Thirdly, remove policy-oriented barriers in the path to expand blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and Non-Fungible Token (NFT). Fourthly, involve more researchers, teachers, and stakeholders to form strategies with politicians. Firstly, researchers must collaborate with international peers, government, and educational institutes to form local research institutes that could be solely focused on blockchain technology. Secondly, researchers must focus on local priorities (i.e., farming, corruption, education, etc.) precisely while developing blockchain-assisted systems. Firstly, all the educational institutes must arrange more and more seminars on blockchain technology. In addition, basic blockchain technology and cryptocurrency can also be incorporated in undergraduate and graduate-level studies [98] , which perhaps are hardly practicing in any of Bangladeshi Universities in current time [99] . Secondly, the educational institutions may arrange blockchain and cryptocurrency-related in-house competitions, so that the students are encouraged about executing blockchain in their day-to-day life. This study successfully outlined those Blockchain technology-related articles which are published by the Bangladeshi authors in the five most prestigious databases such as IEEE Xplore, ACM, ScienceDirect, Taylor & Francis, and SpringerLink. By doing the manual evaluation of these articles from those five databases, we separated them into three major domains and thirteen sub-domains. By doing the manual evaluation, we unleashed 70 articles which are Blockchain technology-related articles and also published by the Bangladeshi authors. Moreover, we found out the key concepts for each of those articles. www.aetic.theiaer.org Furthermore, by doing that, we found out that most published articles that are based on the application on governance, security, and privacy-related articles. It also helped us to find out those sectors that are currently being worked on Blockchain Technology and also needs more future scopes to use the technology for the betterment irrespective of the health, data, and architecture of the Bangladeshi people. These kinds of articles are not sufficient in numbers. So Future Bangladeshi researchers have lots of opportunities to work on these sectors. Besides that, this study also outlined the future challenges, directions, and recommendation-strategies for local government, educational institutions, and researchers. 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for healthcare data in cloud based on blockchain environment Improving cloud data security through hybrid verification technique based on biometrics and encryption system Automated Tax Return Verification with Blockchain Technology Cyber Threat Mitigation of Impending ADS-B Based Air Traffic Management System Using Blockchain Technology Towards developing a secure medical image sharing system based on zero trust principles and blockchain technology A systematic review for enabling of develop a blockchain technology in healthcare application: taxonomy, substantially analysis, motivations, challenges, recommendations and future direction Blockchain-Based Information Security of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in a Healthcare Communication System Examining Usability Issues in Blockchain-Based Cryptocurrency Wallets Towards a Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Management for E-Agro Business System IoT Security Issues and Possible Solution Using Blockchain Technology Integration of Blockchain 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Exploring blockchain technology and its potential applications for education Survey of Blockchain from the Perspectives of Applications, Challenges and Opportunities The authors would like to thank American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) authority for providing technical supports. In addition, we would like to pay our sincere gratitude to the anonymous reviewer and editor for providing valuable suggestions during the review period.