Abstract
As a green travel mode, bike sharing is developing rapidly across China. At present, charging deposits from users is the common operation mode adopted by shared bicycle enterprises. The large number of shared bicycle enterprises generates fierce market competition, and the eliminated enterprises always refuse to return user deposits. Even regular running enterprises still have trouble with the immediate return of deposits. This situation severely affects the reputation of shared bicycle enterprises, and concerns have been shared widely across the society. Meanwhile, there is a general expectation among users that their deposits could be refunded timely and a broad appeal for technical management to resolve this problem. This article uses blockchain technology to reform the current management mode for shared bicycle deposits and constructs a decentralized, user information and deposit visualized, and multidimensional supervised management system. The proposed management system makes the real-time flow direction supervision of user deposits to be realized. Furthermore, a smart contract of shared bicycle deposits with punishment mechanism is also designed. Finally, the differences between the proposed deposit management mode and the current deposit management mode are analyzed, and a simulation experiment is conducted. In the simulation experiment, the deposit theft rate of our deposit management system is 0%, which is far better than the two existing bike deposit management systems. The results show that the outstanding advantages of the proposed deposit management mode, which include improving deposit supervision and guaranteeing user deposit security, are also conducted. This article has made effective technical management exploration to reduce deposit management risks and improve deposit management institutions for shared bicycles. It has important practical reference value for accelerating the sustainable development of shared bicycle enterprises.
Highlights
After its introduction to the China market at 2016, bike sharing, with vigorous support from the government, has become an indispensable part of urban green public transport system [1]
The current management mode of shared bicycle deposits has several defects, such as the nonpublic storage of deposit, the opaque flow directions of deposit, and the delay in deposit refunds. ese issues have aroused the dissatisfaction of shared bicycle users and wide attention from the society
It is the first time this type of research has been undertaken, to our knowledge. is paper creatively constructs a deposit management system for shared bicycles based on the blockchain technology
Summary
After its introduction to the China market at 2016, bike sharing, with vigorous support from the government, has become an indispensable part of urban green public transport system [1]. Is measure enacted detailed regulations toward the management of user deposit and advance fund for internet bicycle rental and made requests such as “store and manage by special account, earmark funds for specified purpose only” and “immediate deposit for rental, immediate refund for return.” This measure pointed out that detailed management measures for user deposits should be carried out as soon as possible, and the rights and obligations of all parties should be clarified to strengthen the management of user deposits, prevent user deposit risks, guarantee legitimate rights and interests of users, and promote the healthy development of new industry forms of communication and transportation.
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