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SoK: Research status and challenges of blockchain smart contracts

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BSCI '23: Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Symposium on Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure

Pages 145 - 147

https://doi.org/10.1145/3594556.3594620

Published: 12 September 2023 Publication History

Abstract

The smart contract code facilitates, verifies, and enforces the negotiation or performance of an agreement or transaction. As a decentralized, difficult-to-be-tampered, and distributed computing platform, blockchain can ensure that a smart contract is strictly executed and not modified midway. Smart contracts endow the blockchain platform with programmability, which greatly expands the blockchain’s application fields. However, there are many common problems in the efficiency and flexibility of smart contract execution. In this paper, the characteristics and architectural model of the smart contract were introduced, and its development platform, and application scenarios were analyzed. In the end, we discussed the smart contract’s research direction and challenges.

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BSCI '23: Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Symposium on Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure

July 2023

159 pages

ISBN:9798400701986

DOI:10.1145/3594556

Editors:
Keke Gai
Beijing Institute of Technology, China
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Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo
University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

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the Collaborative innovation Key Project of Zhengzhou city
the major scientific and technological project of Henan Province
Key Science and Technology Research Projects in Henan Province
the Basic Research Program of Key Scientific Research Projects of Henan Universities

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ASIA CCS '23: ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security

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Singh BBasit Ur Rahim MHussain SRizwan MBali J(2024)Unravelling Ethical Dimensions in Blockchain Technology: A Comprehensive Analysis2024 4th Interdisciplinary Conference on Electrics and Computer (INTCEC)10.1109/INTCEC61833.2024.10603151(1-7)Online publication date: 11-Jun-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/INTCEC61833.2024.10603151
Rodrigo NPerera SSenaratne SJin X(2024)Development of a blockchain-based embodied carbon estimatorBuilt Environment Project and Asset Management10.1108/BEPAM-11-2023-019914:6(914-936)Online publication date: 25-Jul-2024
https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-11-2023-0199

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