A software pattern is a reusable solution to address a commonly occurring problem within a
given context when designing software. Using patterns is a common practice for software …

The introduction of smart contracts has expanded the applicability of blockchains to many
domains beyond finance and cryptocurrencies. Moreover, different blockchain technologies …

Blockchains have been applied in different domains to guarantee data integrity and provide
a decentralized computational infrastructure for executing smart contracts. Multiple …

Being the blockchain and distributed ledger technologies particularly suitable to create
trusted environments where participants do not trust each other, business process …

Purpose The complexity of business environments often causes organizations to produce
several inconsistent views of the same business process (BP), leading to fragmentation. BP …

Blockchain technology has been used to build next-generation applications taking
advantage of its decentralised nature. Nevertheless, there are some serious concerns about …

Blockchain technology has been integrated into diverse software applications by enabling a
decentralised architecture design. However, the defects of on-chain algorithmic …

The field of blockchain interoperability plays a pivotal role in blockchain adoption. Despite
these advances, a notorious problem persists: the high number and success rate of attacks …

Upgradeable smart contracts (USCs) have been widely adopted to enable modifying
deployed smart contracts. While USCs bring great flexibility to developers, improper usage …

Users must pay a fee depending on resource consumption when using smart contracts on
the Ethereum blockchain. As even the most basic operations cost several dollars under …