Blockchain for Ridesharing: A Systematic Literature Review

The use of blockchain technologies allows to shift ridesharing services from centralized to decentralized systems. In order to emphasize the blockchain's role in ridesharing and ride-hailing services and how it could boost the efficiency of these systems, we conduct a systematic literature review using the PRISMA method. For each selected paper, we discussed its key contribution and the main issue/challenge solved by blockchain. We then classified papers according to the type of blockchain used and implementation details. According to our sample of publications, most proposed solutions have been limited to using blockchain as a traceable, auditable, and tamper-proof ledger for completed rides and hadn’t implemented the whole process of ridesharing.