Call for Papers
Submit original research on secure, private, dependable and scalable blockchain systems.
Scope
The 5th International Workshop on Blockchain Security and Scalability invites researchers and practitioners from academia, industry and government to present original work on the foundations, design, implementation and evaluation of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.
The workshop focuses on the security and scalability barriers that affect dependable adoption. It welcomes theoretical research, system designs, empirical studies, reproducible evaluations, datasets, testbeds, case studies and critical analyses of deployed systems.
Topics include
- Theories of blockchain and distributed ledger technology
- New and modular blockchain architectures
- Distributed consensus and fault-tolerance mechanisms
- Blockchain security, privacy, trust and reputation
- Attacks, vulnerabilities, fraud and forensic analysis
- Scalability, performance optimisation, sharding and rollups
- Cross-chain, bridge and off-chain technologies
- Simulation, benchmarking and performance evaluation
- Secure smart contracts, chain code, testing and verification
- Authentication, authorisation and decentralised identity
- Blockchain for AI, IoT, CPS, edge and cloud computing
- Applications in healthcare, logistics, finance, e-government and Industry 4.0
Review criteria
Reviewers will assess originality, technical quality, significance, relevance, clarity and the adequacy of the evaluation. Authors should state assumptions and limitations directly. Each submission should explain how the evidence supports its main claims.