9th International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications (ICBTA 2026)

The 9th International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications (ICBTA 2026) explores blockchain technologies, their applications, security, and performance in various industries and systems.

Key Topics

• Smart contract, chain code, and distributed ledger
• Theories of blockchain
• Fault tolerance mechanisms
• Distributed consensus
• Security, privacy and trust of blockchain
• Blockchain schemes for decentralization
• Performance analysis and optimization
• Security issues & Attacks on blockchain based systems
• Protocols & algorithms based on blockchain
• Simulation and performance evaluation techniques
• Blockchain for IoT
• Blockchain related data structures
• Blockchain for future Internet
• Blockchain for cyber physical systems
• Blockchain for social media
• Blockchain for edge and cloud computing
• Bolckchain for crowdsourcing and crowdsensing
• Blockchain for supply chain management
• New applications with blockchain techniques
• Blockchain for 5G/6G
• New applications using or built on top of blockchains
• Anonymity and privacy issues and measures to enhance them
• Cryptography, scripting/smart contract language etc
• Atomic Swapping Big Data and blockchain technology
• Consensus protocols for blockchains
• Case studies (e.g., of adoption, attacks, forks, etc.)
• Decentralized Applications (Exchanges, Mining Pools, Trading Platforms) Economics and game theory of mining
• Cryptocurrency adoption and economic impacts
• Formal Verification of Blockchain Protocols, Smart Contracts
• Forensics and monitoring
• Intermediates in different industries and their future
• Fraud detection and financial crime prevention Identity, Identification and trust in blockchain systems
• Off-chain payment/state channels
• Internet of things (IoT) and blockchain technology
• Permissioned and permissionless blockchains
• Peer-to-peer networks
• Proof-of-work, -stake, -burn, and virtual mining
• Privacy and anonymity-enhancing technologies
• Scalability and scalable services for blockchain systems
• Real-world measurements and metrics
• Transaction graph analysis Usability and user studies
• Smart Contract Programming Languages and VM`s
• Where does a blockchain makes sense?
• Security of Blockchain Protocols