Data Privacy Protection in Blockchain Systems
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science & Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2026 | Viewed by 384
Special Issue Editors
Interests: blockchain; cryptography
Interests: date security; blockchain; cryptography
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Data privacy protection has become a fundamental concern in the era of blockchain technologies, especially with the rapid development of Web3, stablecoins, decentralized finance (DeFi), and other blockchain-based applications. As blockchain systems continue to expand their influence across various sectors—including finance, healthcare, supply chains, and the digital economy—ensuring robust privacy protection for users and transactions is of paramount importance.
This Special Issue aims to address the emerging challenges and opportunities related to data privacy in blockchain environments. We are particularly interested in research that explores innovative privacy-preserving mechanisms, theoretical foundations, practical implementations, and real-world applications within blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. Topics of interest include privacy-preserving protocols and cryptographic techniques, data privacy solutions for Web3 applications and decentralized identity, and privacy challenges and solutions for stablecoins and digital assets, as well as privacy in decentralized finance and smart contract platforms. We are also keen to receive submissions on regulatory and compliance aspects, cross-chain privacy and interoperability, privacy risk assessment and mitigation, and case studies or practical deployments of privacy protection in blockchain.
We also welcome submissions beyond these topics, as long as they are relevant to data privacy protection in blockchain systems. Our aim is to encourage a broad and diverse range of contributions in this rapidly evolving field.
Dr. Zijian Bao
Dr. Yunhao Ling
Dr. Zhuangzhuang Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- blockchain
- data privacy
- Web3
- decentralized applications
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