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A Smart Contract Blockchain Penetration Testing Framework [PDF]
, 2023 Likened to old-style contracts smart agreements motorized by blockchain ensure that deal processes are real safe then well-organized Without the need aimed at third-party mediators like lawyers smart contracts enable transparent processes cost ...
Shyam Meshram, Isha Sood
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Smart Contract: Attacks and Protections
IEEE Access, 2020 Smart contracts are programs that reside within decentralized blockchains and are executed pursuant to triggered instructions. A smart contract acts in a similar way to a traditional agreement but negates the necessity for the involvement of a third ...
Sarwar Sayeed +2 more
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The Economics of Smart Contracts
CoRR, 2019 Ethereum is a distributed blockchain that can execute smart contracts, which inter-communicate and perform transactions automatically. The execution of smart contracts is paid in the form of gas, which is a monetary unit used in the Ethereum blockchain.
Kirk Baird +4 more
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, 2022 AbstractThe emergence of crypto currencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have shown the value in decentralized technologies. The idea of having 24/7 access to programmable money peaked the interest in the field, and as a by-product, came the realization that the same core technologies that enable programmable dog money, can enable highly-available DNS ...
Luis Angel D. Bathen, Divyesh Jadav
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The Design and Implementation of a Secure Datastore Based on Ethereum Smart Contract
Applied Sciences, 2023 In this paper, we present a secure datastore based on an Ethereum smart contract. Our research is guided by three research questions. First, we will explore to what extend a smart-contract-based datastore should resemble a traditional database system ...
Izdehar M. Aldyaflah +3 more
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The Timing of Smart Contract Formation from the Perspective of Iranian, English, and American Law [PDF]
پژوهش تطبیقی حقوق اسلام و غرب, 2023 In order to determine the timing of smart contract formation, which is considered a type of electronic contract, the authors initially examine the viewpoint of traditional contract law.
MirHossein Abedian Kalkhoran +1 more
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On the Practicality of a Smart Contract PKI [PDF]
2019 IEEE International Conference on Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures (DAPPCON), 2019 Public key infrastructures (PKIs) are one of the main building blocks for securing communications over the Internet. Currently, PKIs are under the control of centralized authorities, which is problematic as evidenced by numerous incidents where they have been compromised.
Christos Patsonakis +3 more
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Smart Contract Synthesis Modulo Hyperproperties [PDF]
, 2023 Smart contracts are small but highly security-critical programs that implement wallets, token systems, auctions, crowd funding systems, elections, and other multi-party transactions on the blockchain. A broad range of methods has been developed to ensure
Hofmann, Jana +3 more
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SmartCon: A Blockchain-Based Framework for Smart Contracts and Transaction Management
IEEE Access, 2022 A smart contract is known to be useful for automating business processes triggered by specific events caused by IoT sensors, data feeds, or other applications.
Muhammad Muneeb +3 more
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Adding concurrency to smart contracts [PDF]
Distributed Computing, 2017 Modern cryptocurrency systems, such as Ethereum, permit complex financial transactions through scripts called smart contracts. These smart contracts are executed many, many times, always without real concurrency. First, all smart contracts are serially executed by miners before appending them to the blockchain.
Thomas D. Dickerson +3 more
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