As a revolutionary technology, Blockchain provides a practical solution for enabling a secure and decentralized public ledger that allows data and transactions to be recorded in a reliable and verifiable way. Originally devised for securing Bitcoin transactions, blockchain is nowadays the backbone of almost all the prominent cryptocurrencies and the technology community has also discovered its vast potential in various domains. It can be envisaged that in the near future blockchain technology will be widely used in various information systems and industry domains such as Smart Systems, Internet of Things (IoT), Financial Systems, Manufacturing, Supply-Chain, and so on.
This special issue aims to bring together researchers, developers and industry experts to publish the recent development and the state-of-the-art solutions for addressing various security, privacy and accountability issues in blockchain and its applications such as cryptocurrency. Topics of interest include but are not limited to
- Security & Privacy enhancing technologies for blockchain and cryptocurrency
- Accountability & Auditing in blockchain and cryptocurrency
- Secure distributed consensus
- Smart contract
- Blockchain application & implementation
Paper Solicitation:
1. Extended versions of selected best papers from the following conferences will be invited to this special issue
- The 23rd Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ACISP2018)
- The 4th International Workshop on Cyber Security (CS2018)
2. The special issue is also open to all the researchers, developers and industry experts who wish to contribute by submitting a relevant research manuscript.