Table 3.

Configuration parameters for performance evaluation.

Parameter	Value	Description
num_SH	40	Number of smart homes available in the smart community.
block_period	10 s	Minimum difference between two consecutive block’s timestamps
$M_1$	[0, N]	Length of essential data set for basic quota control.
$M_2$	[0, N]	Length of extended dataset for enhanced management.
N	10 KB	$\mathrm{Cardinality}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{complete}\mathrm{dataset}.\mathrm{We}\mathrm{consider}\mathrm{the}{M}_1\mathrm{and}{M}_2\mathrm{as}\mathrm{disjoint},\mathrm{being}N=M_1+M_2$.
L	variable	Number of records of essential data set samples which are simultaneously stored in the blockchain.
$T_{sample}$	f(block_period)	Sample generation period.
G	{0.25, 0.5, 1, 2}	Number of samples that will be generated by smart home in the time in which a block is generated.