Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

    Theories of blockchain and distributed ledger technology
    New blockchain architecture
    Distributed consensus and fault tolerance mechanisms
    Security, privacy and trust of blockchain and distributed ledger
    Cross-chain and off-chain technology
    Attacks and vulnerabilities of blockchain
    Blockchain scalability and performance optimization
    Simulation and performance evaluation techniques
    Smart contract and chain code
    Applications and services based on blockchain
    Protocols and algorithms based on blockchain
    Blockchain in the Internet of things (IoT)
    Blockchain in cyber physical systems
    Blockchain in social networking
    Blockchain in supply chain management
    Blockchain in agriculture
    Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles
    Blockchain in crowdsourcing and crowdsensing
    Blockchain in edge and cloud computing
    Blockchain in next generation communications and networks
    Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
    Blockchain and artificial intelligence
    Blockchain and game theory
    Blockchain and industry 4.0
    Redactable blockchain