Advances in Blockchain and Smart Contracts with Diverse Domains Applications: Second Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 30
Special Issue Editor
Interests: software engineering; blockchain; smart contracts; continuous delivery; model-driven development; interoperability
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Dear Colleagues,
Blockchain technology is finding an increasing number of applications. Such widespread use of this technology forces the continuous improvement of its components. Smart contracts in particular have been effectively developed. Additionally, existing frameworks are constantly being expanded, and new ones emerge to offer ever-superior performance. Progress is also being made in the area of software engineering. In particular, designing and testing smart contracts attract the attention of researchers. Moreover, the distributed nature of blockchain software may necessitate new architectural views to cover all aspects of blockchain software architecture. The interoperability of blockchain networks adds an even higher level of complexity to the design of that type of solution. This Special Issue also covers the software development process of distributed applications and the deployment of blockchain networks.
This Special Issue, entitled ‘Advances in Blockchain and Smart Contracts with Diverse Domains Applications: Second Edition’, in the Applied Sciences journal, aims to gather recent developments in blockchain and their uses in various fields. Manuscripts with interesting results obtained by researchers from both academia and industry are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Blockchain;
- Smart contracts;
- Distributed applications (dApps);
- Blockchain network interoperability;
- Blockchain-based software engineering;
- Blockchain network performance;
- Consensus algorithms;
- Blockchain architecture description;
- Smart contract design patterns;
- Smart contract generation;
- Smart contract testing;
- Securing smart contracts;
- AI-enhanced blockchain;
- Innovative blockchain applications.
Dr. Tomasz Gorski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- blockchain
- smart contracts
- distributed applications (dApps)
- interoperability
- software development process
- software architecture
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