With massive new applications and online services, the future design of the Internet will have new requirements and implications, such as compatible mobility, scalability, reliability and security. The Named Data Networking (NDN) is the most promising future internet architecture paradigm which focuses on content driven communication. Unlike traditional IP networks, named content-based data networks (NDNs) can quickly retrieve and deliver content. Blockchain technology has been widely used for decentralized payments, asset management, healthcare and cloud computing etc. Blockchain provides a decentralized and distributed solution to maintain consistent and reliable records in unreliable networks without the need of a centralized authority. However, blockchain technology over IP has still some serious problems such as lack of efficiency for hierarchical access. The use of blockchain technology over NDN has solved these problems providing a decentralized system and simplifying the architecture. In this paper, we present a detailed and comprehensive survey on the use of blockchain technology in NDN for the very first time. Finally, some research challenges and key issues have been discussed.

有了大量的新应用程序和在线服务，Internet的未来设计将具有新的要求和含义，例如兼容的移动性，可伸缩性，可靠性和安全性。命名数据网络（NDN）是未来最有希望的互联网体系结构范例，其重点是内容驱动的通信。与传统的IP网络不同，命名的基于内容的数据网络（NDN）可以快速检索和交付内容。区块链技术已广泛用于去中心化支付，资产管理，医疗保健和云计算等领域。块链提供了去中心化和分布式的解决方案，可在不可靠的网络中保持一致且可靠的记录，而无需中央授权。然而，IP上的区块链技术仍然存在一些严重问题，例如缺乏分层访问效率。在NDN上使用区块链技术已经解决了这些问题，从而提供了去中心化的系统并简化了架构。在本文中，我们首次对NDN中使用区块链技术进行了详细而全面的调查。最后，讨论了一些研究挑战和关键问题。