blockchain and decentralized ledgers

This is right on topic for everyone doing research in decentralized systems
and blockchain technology. When is blockchain technology applicable? I keep
hearing very often that blockchain is good for everything, is this the
case? when is this technology not applicable? how is this tech related to
the semantic web? If the decentralized ledgers, decentralized systems in
general, are part of your research please consider submitting to our
special issue:

https://datasciencehub.net/content/special-issue-distributed-ledgers-making-
data-science-more-open-transparent-and-accountable

We welcome mature and ongoing work on algorithms, systems, experiments,
benchmarks, and analyses, as well as position statements and visions of
technology addressing, but not limited to, the following issues:

   - Architectures and implementations
   - Consensus algorithms for distributed ledgers
   - Smart contract languages and execution algorithms
   - Smart contract resilience and formal verification
   - Proof-of-work, proof-of-stake and other proof mechanisms
   - Scalability of distributed ledgers
   - Interoperability of DL platforms, and between DLs and other data
   management systems
   - Public and private ledgers
   - Algorithms and approaches to analyse DL data and transactions
   - Digital rights management on the blockchain
   - Distributed payment systems
   - Applications of DLs to facilitate reproducibility, scientific data
   reuse, and self-publishing.
   - Applications of DLs in other domains


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