Blockchain-Based Systems
A special issue of Computers (ISSN 2073-431X). This special issue belongs to the section "Blockchain Infrastructures and Enabled Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 58968
Special Issue Editor
Interests: human-centered systems; machine learning; data science; distributed computing; blockchain
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Blockchain is the key enabling technology for cryptocurrency. It was introduced as part of the first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, which was established during the great recession in early 2009. Blockchain is often referred to as a distributed and secure database. In reality, blockchain is much more than that: It consists of a mechanism that ensures distributed consensus among independent participants operating in an untrusted peer-to-peer network. As such, blockchain has now been used in areas far beyond the financial sector. In addition to the applications of blockchain, there is also intense research on the foundation of the blockchain technology itself, such as different ways to accomplish distributed consensus, security of blockchain, and scalability of blockchain. This Special Issue welcomes original research and review articles on all aspects of the blockchain technology. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following areas:
- Consensus algorithms;
- Cyberattacks on blockchains;
- Economic impact on cyberattacks;
- Security and trust on permissioned blockchains;
- Scalability of blockchains;
- Reliability analysis on blockchain-based systems;
- Smart contracts;
- Visualization of blockchain data;
- Blockchain for banking and finance;
- Blockchain for supply chain;
- Blockchain for consumer products and retail;
- Blockchain for governments;
- Blockchain for automotive;
- Blockchain for medicine and health care;
- Blockchain for travel and transportation;
- Blockchain for Internet of Things;
- Blockchain for agriculture.
Prof. Dr. Wenbing Zhao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- blockchain
- proof of work
- proof of stake
- distributed consensus
- secure ledger
- smart tracts
- cryptocurrency
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