ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Blockchain
Sec. Blockchain for Web3 and the Metaverse
Volume 8 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fbloc.2025.1681301
This article is part of the Research TopicEthical Issues, Challenges and Solutions in Metaverse and Web3View all articles
Blockchain Empowered: A New Path for Transforming University Library Digital Resources into Digital Assets and Constructing the Ecosystem
Provisionally accepted
- 1Zhejiang Normal University Xingzhi College, Jinhua, China
- 2Zhejiang Normal University School of Computer Science and Technology, Jinhua, China
- 3Jinhua Polytechnic, Jinhua, China
- 4Zhejiang University of Technology School of Management, Hangzhou, China
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On January 17, 2025, Donald Trump, the President-elect of the United States, launched a brand-new cryptocurrency named "Trump Coin" on the eve of his formal inauguration. Once this cryptocurrency was launched into the market, its price soared, thereby significantly augmenting Trump's net worth and simultaneously triggering a sharp upsurge in the price of Bitcoin during the same period. As a result, the entire cryptocurrency market witnessed a sudden upsurge in popularity. Against this backdrop, the question of how to enable more people to acquire digital assets, benefit from them, and subsequently enhance their net worth has become a subject worthy of exploration. Therefore, we innovatively propose to build a supervised and sustainable ecosystem by leveraging the unique advantages of blockchain technology, specifically using the Decentralized Data Network (DDN) chain to transform library resources into digital assets. In this ecosystem, the creators of digital resources—such as authors, the institutions they rely on (including various universities and research institutes), and the commercial entities responsible for publishing and distribution (like different professional journals)—can all earn corresponding economic benefits based on their respective contributions throughout the entire industrial chain of digital resources, from initial conception and creation to widespread dissemination. These benefits are then stored in the form of digital assets, facilitating the accumulation and growth of such assets. Our research takes the digital resources of university libraries as the starting point and a crucial carrier, providing extremely valuable theoretical insights and practical guidance for constructing a more efficient, secure, and open digital resource management system in university libraries through practical DDN-based applications that offer added value like cost efficiency and enhanced security.
Keywords: Blockchain, Digital resources, Intelligent library, Digital assets, Copyright protection, Benefit distribution
Received: 07 Aug 2025; Accepted: 29 Sep 2025.
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* Correspondence: Jingyi Shi, sjymmcom6@foxmail.com
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