Blockchain and DLT Interoperability
A special issue of Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2024) | Viewed by 518
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Interests: blockchain; smart contracts; software engineering; agile methodology; sustainable design
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Interests: blockchain; smart contracts; complex software systems; software engineering; software metrics
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Interests: blockchain; smart contracts; security; wireless sensor networks; security protocol design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing differentiation and specialization of blockchain technology and distributed ledger systems, both permissionless and permissioned, entail the integration of various blockchains for communication and interaction. This has resulted in the study of protocols, smart contracts, networks, and additional off-chain systems capable of implementing effective interoperability between blockchains. However, the search for effective and efficient solutions to the interoperability problem is still in its infancy, and knowledge is fragmented.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to stimulate and collect high-quality scientific papers related to the study of the problem of interoperability between blockchain and its solutions. The articles in this Special Issue are intended to serve as a resource for academics and industry in the development of new studies and blockchain applications. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Best practices for blockchain interoperability by design;
- Performance metrics and tools for blockchain interoperability;
- Scalability solutions, sidechain systems and sharding systems;
- Blockchain–agnostic interoperability protocols;
- DLT and blockchain interoperability architectures;
- Blockchain reversibility;
- Layer 2 solutions for interoperability;
- Cross-chain transactions;
- Languages for interoperability;
- Blockchain-oriented software engineering;
- Blockchain oracles and bridges;
- Cross-chain decentralized applications;
- Applications of blockchain interoperability;
- Blockchain and DLT systems interaction.
Dr. Andrea Pinna
Prof. Dr. Roberto Tonelli
Dr. Leonardo Mostarda
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- blockchain interoperability
- blockchain
- cross-chain
- BOSE
- sidechain
- smart contracts
- blockchain oracles
- DLT
- decentralized applications
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