Blockchain and metaverse have become hot research topics in academia and industry. The blockchain and metaverse technologies are transforming industries by enabling anonymous, trustful, virtual, and remote transactions in decentralized and trustless environments. As a result, blockchain, metaverse and other technologies for developing trustworthy systems can be used to reduce system risks, mitigate financial fraud and cut down operational cost. Blockchain, metaverse and trustworthy systems can be applied to many fields, such as financial services, social management and supply chain management.
This conference provides scientists and engineers from both industry and academia a platform to present their ongoing work, relate their research outcomes and experiences, and discuss the best and most efficient techniques for the development of blockchain, metaverse and trustworthy systems.
Topics of the conference include, but are not limited to:

• Theories and algorithms for blockchain or metaverse
• Platform development for blockchain or metaverse
• Smart contracts for blockchain
• Security, privacy and trust for blockchain or metaverse
• Blockchain, metaverse and social management
• Blockchain, metaverse and big data
• Blockchain, metaverse and service computing
• Blockchain, metaverse and cloud computing
• Blockchain, metaverse and Internet of Things
• Blockchain, metaverse based applications
• Web 3.0 archetecture and applications
• Cryptocurrency fraud detection and crime prevention
• Blockchain data mining and transaction graph analysis
• Scalability and fault tolerance mechanisms for trustworthy systems
• Algorithms, architecture, framework, design patterns and techniques for trustworthy systems
• Scalability and fault tolerance mechanisms for trustworthy systems
• Security, privacy, safety, and riskmanagement for trustworthy systems
• Metrics and measurement for trustworthy systems
• Quality assurance, maintenance and reverse engineering for trustworthy systems
• Verification, validation, testing, and analysis for trustworthy systems
• Communication, networking, optimization, and performance for trustworthy systems
• Empirical studies, benchmarking, and industrial best practices for trustworthy systems
• Other emerging ideas and solutions for blockchain, metaverse and trustworthy systems

Manuscript Guidelines and Submission Information

Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 14 pages(one-column format, appropriately 6-7 pages in IEEE standard double-column format) in Springer LNCS format.
Please submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site:  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=blocksys2024

Publications

All accepted and presented papers will be published by Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series, and will be indexed by EI Compendex. Distinguished papers (more than 30 papers) presented at the conference, after further revision, will be published in special issues of selected journals.

• Blockchain: Research and Application (IF=5.6)
• Frontiers in Sustainable Cities (IF=2.8)
• ELSP Blockchain
• ACM Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice

Important Dates

• Paper submission due: Apr. 12, 2024 May. 12, 2024
• Notification to authors on the decisions on papers: May. 30, 2024 Jun. 12, 2024
• Camera-ready papers due: Jun. 15, 2024 Jun. 20, 2024 
• Conference date: Jul. 12-14, 2024