A survey of blockchain security issues and challenges

International Journal of Network Security

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 653-659

  Lin, Iuon Chang ^a,b   Liao, Tzu Chun ^b  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blockchain; Security; Smart contracts

Indexed keywords

NETWORK SECURITY;

INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES; SECURITY; SECURITY ISSUES; SMART CONTRACTS;

BLOCKCHAIN;

EID: 85044263872     PISSN: 1816353X     EISSN: 18163548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6633/IJNS.201709.19(5).01     Document Type: Article

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