Aims and Scope
Since the appearance of Bitcoin in 2009, a plethora of new cryptocurrencies and other blockchain based systems have been deployed with different success. While some of them are slightly different copies of Bitcoin, other ones propose interesting improvements or new usages of the underlying blockchain technology. However, the novelty of such technologies is often tied with rapid developments and proof-of-concept software, and rigorous scientific analyses of the proposed systems are often skipped.
This workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers in this area to carefully analyze current systems and propose new ones in order to create a scientific background for a solid development of new cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology systems.
Topics
The main topics include (but are not limited to):
- Anonymity and privacy in cryptocurrencies
- Blockchain Governance
- Privacy-preserving technologies
- Blockchain based trust systems
- Security analysis of existing cryptocurrencies
- Formal threat models in cryptocurrency systems
- Scalability and Performance Optimization
- Second Layer Solutions
- P2P network cryptocurrencies analysis
- Blockchain-based Identity Management
- Private transactions in blockchain based systems
- New usages of the blockchain technology
- Scalability solutions for blockchain systems
- Interoperability and Cross-Chain Technologies
- Distributed consensus and fault tolerance
- Blockchain Analytics and Forensics
- Blockchain Architecture and Consensus Mechanisms
- On-chain and off-chain code synergies
- Smart Contracts and Decentralized Applications (DApps)
- NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and Digital Assets
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
- Blockchain Education and Adoption Challenges
- Quantum Computing and Blockchain Security
Program Commitee
PC Chairs:
Hannes Hartenstein - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Jordi Herrera-Joancomartà - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Call for papers
Regular and short papers: Papers must be original and not
submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are invited to submit
their manuscripts following the LNCS Proceedings Manuscript style.
Papers are limited to 16 pages (full papers), or 8 pages (short
papers) including references and appendices. Paper must be
submitted in PDF format.
Double blind review: CBT requires anonymized submissions
— please make sure that submitted papers contain no author names
or obvious self-references.
Accepted conference papers will be published by Springer in the LNCS
collection. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to
cover a full registration and present their work at the workshop;
otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings.
Venue
The workshop will be held in Tolouse, France, in collaboration with the 30th annual European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS 2025. More information on accommodation and venue available from the ESORICS 2025 website
Registration
Information about the registration is available at the ESORICS 2025 website.
Kindly use this link to register for the workshop (CBT 2025). Some important information follows:
- At least one regular registration (e.g., a non-student registration) has to be made for each accepted paper at the workshop.
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