publication . Other literature type . Conference object . Preprint . 2017

Blockchain Based Smart Contracts : A Systematic Mapping Study

Name: Blockchain Based Smart Contracts : A Systematic Mapping Study
Keywords: Computer Science - Cryptography and Security

Aad van Moorsel; Maher Alharby;

Open Access

Published: 26 Aug 2017

Publisher: Academy and Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC)

Summary

Abstract

An appealing feature of blockchain technology is smart contracts. A smart contract is executable code that runs on top of the blockchain to facilitate, execute and enforce an agreement between untrusted parties without the involvement of a trusted third party. In this paper, we conduct a systematic mapping study to collect all research that is relevant to smart contracts from a technical perspective. The aim of doing so is to identify current research topics and open challenges for future studies in smart contract research. We extract 24 papers from different scientific databases. The results show that about two thirds of the papers focus on identifying and tack...

doi: 10.5121/csit.2017.71011

Subjects

free text keywords: Computer Science - Cryptography and Security, Executable, computer.file_format, computer, Key issues, Blockchain, Trusted third party, Computer science, Future studies, Smart contract, Systematic mapping, Computer security, computer.software_genre

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