Blockchain and Distributed Ledger

Blockchain enpowers a decentralized and trustless world. It is a combination of several fields such as cryptography, consensus algorithm and economic models. Since Satoshi Nakamoto published Bitcoin on 2008, there were countless technology rised and developed Among those, the advanced technology such as Ethereum Smart Contract, Proof of Stake, Zero-knowledge Proof, and sharding are getting more mature. We would like to sincerely invite submissions from academia, industry and any individual who are intereted in this area. These topics include, but are not limited to:

• Sharding
• Performance, Scalability Issues
• Security and Privacy Issues
• Zero-Knowledge Proof
• Data Availability (Data Publication)
• Modular Blockchain
• Maximal Extractable Value
• Blockchain-based Applications
• Decentralized App Development
• Smart Contracts
• Regulations and Policies in Cryptocurrency
• Token Economy
• Decentralized Internet Infrastructure