Smart Contracts

Smart Contract is a self-executing digital agreement encoded in software that automatically enforces and performs contractual obligations upon the occurrence of predefined conditions, distinguishing it from traditional electronic contracts through its autonomy, immutability, and execution on decentralized blockchain platforms.

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Electronic Contracts

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Automated Contract SynthesisBlockchain OraclesContract CompositionContract UpgradabilityCross-chain ContractsDecentralized Finance ContractsDistributed Ledger IntegrationFormal Specification Of ContractsGas OptimizationInteger Overflow

Publications

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Blockchains and Smart Contracts for the Internet of Things

Konstantinos Christidis, Michael Devetsikiotis · IEEE Access · 2016 · 4.4K citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Information Technology +15

Blockchain challenges and opportunities: a survey

Zibin Zheng, Hong‐Ning Dai, Xiangping Chen et al. · International Journal of Web and Grid Services · 2018 · 3.2K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Cybersecurity +17

Making Smart Contracts Smarter

Loi Luu, Duc-Hiep Chu, Hrishi Olickel et al. · 2016 · 2.2K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Information Technology +14

Hawk: The Blockchain Model of Cryptography and Privacy-Preserving Smart Contracts

Ahmed E. Kosba, Andrew Miller, Elaine Shi et al. · 2016 · 2.2K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Contracts +15

Formalizing and Securing Relationships on Public Networks

Nick Szabo · First Monday · 1997 · 2.1K citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Contract Law +17

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Khaled Salah
Khalifa University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates
21 publications · 3K citations
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Zibin Zheng
Sun Yat-sen University, China
19 publications · 7.4K citations
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Xiapu Luo
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China
20 publications · 1.4K citations
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Ting Chen
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
14 publications · 1.3K citations
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Roberto Tonelli
University of Cagliari, Italy
14 publications · 1.1K citations
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IEEE Access
125 publications · 17.7K citations
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arXiv (Cornell University)
Repository · 78 publications · 2.9K citations
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IEEE Internet of Things Journal
31 publications · 3.9K citations
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SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 53 publications · 2K citations
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Sensors
29 publications · 2.3K citations
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