Topics of Interest

  • Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs)
  • Smart contract theory
  • Languages and tools for (secure) dApps
  • Infrastructures for dApps
  • Communication protocols and standards for dApps
  • Software engineering for dApps and smart contracts verification
  • Decentralized identity
  • Identity management for dApps
  • Token economy
  • Off-Chain/Layer 2 dApps
  • Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
  • Non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
  • Cryptographic primitives for applications
  • Analytics for on-chain and off-chain data
  • Governance structure and mechanisms
  • Interoperability for dApps, Blockchains, and DLTs
  • Privacy of dApps
  • Security of dApps
  • Scalability, sharding, and performance of blockchain systems
  • Policy/laws surrounding dApps and cryptocurrencies
  • Applications in emerging domains
  • Other emerging research topics