Building on the growth and international engagement of previous editions, this year’s conference continues in a full conference format with a Call for Papers (CFP) to attract high-quality research contributions. NBC’26 reflects our commitment to advancing the field by providing a structured platform for academic and industry dialogue, rigorous peer-reviewed research, and technically focused presentations. The conference focuses on technical innovations in the blockchain ecosystem and brings together researchers and practitioners working in this space. The conference brings together researchers and practitioners working across blockchain protocols, cryptography, distributed systems, secure computing, cryptoeconomics, and related AI-enabled technologies. We aim to foster collaboration among these diverse communities to accelerate innovation and deepen the scientific foundations of next-generation decentralized systems.
Past Highlights
Details
Organizer: NTU Centre in Computational Technologies for Finance (NTU-CCTF)
Period: Aug 21-22, 2026
Venue: Pioneer Port Event Space, The Arc-Learning Hub North (LHN), Level B1, LHN-B1-01A, 63 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 636922 [MAP]
Registration: TBC
Attendance: In-person
General Chairs
Prof. Yonggang Wen
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Prof. Wai Fong Boh
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
TPC Chairs
Prof. Lin William Cong
Nanayang Technological University, Singapore
Prof. Claudio J. Tessone
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Asst. Prof. Simon Trimborn
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Assoc. Prof. Jiangshan Yu
The University of Sydney, Australia
Panel Chairs
Dr. Ernie Teo
Nanayang Technological University, Singapore
Asst. Prof. Wei Cai
University of Washington, USA
International Liaison Chairs
Prof. Raymond Choo
University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Prof. Zhu Liehuang
Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Mr. Xiao Wu
ChainIDE, UAE
Publicity Chairs
Assoc. Prof. Te Bao
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Asst. Prof. Bingyi Wu
California Polytechnic State University, USA
Prof. Yuan Zhou
Tianjin University, China
Dr. Shengnan Li
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Local Chairs
Assoc. Prof. Tianwei Zhang
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Assoc. Prof. Yi Li
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dr. Xiaodong Qi
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Keynote
Prof. Muriel Médard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Professor Muriel Médard is the NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT, where she leads the Network Coding and Reliable Communications Group. She received her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from MIT.
She is a Member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, a Fellow of the IEEE and the US National Academy of Inventors, and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has received numerous international awards for her contributions to network coding, information theory, and communications systems, and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.
Prof. Peter Bossaerts
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Professor Peter Bossaerts is the Leverhulme International Professor of Neuroeconomics in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on the intersection of economics, finance, neuroscience, and psychology, with emphasis on decision-making under uncertainty and financial market behavior.
He is recognized for pioneering the use of controlled experiments to study financial markets and for integrating decision and game theory with cognitive neuroscience, helping establish neuroeconomics and decision neuroscience. Prof. Bossaerts received his PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, and spent much of his career at the California Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society.
Speakers
1. Profitability of Collusive Sandwich Attack
in Automated Market Maker-Based Decentralized Exchanges
Junhuan Zhang (Beihang University, China)
2. Dynamic Graph Rewiring in Decentralized
Exchange Networks: Testing the MEV Fragmentation Hypothesis with On-Chain Data
Nitish Kumar (Timeswap (Hourglass Technologies Ltd.), United Kingdom), Sindhu
Shirigoudar (Accenture, India)
3. A Notary-Based PvP Reference Architecture
for Multi-CBDC Corridors: Design, Implementation, and a Path to Trust
Minimization
Vijak Sethaput (University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Thailand),
Supachate Innet (University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Thailand)
4. Deploying a Municipal Trust Anchor:
Dual-Blockchain Architecture for Decentralized Identity in Semarang
Ester Gracia (GaneshaIT, Indonesia), Alika Cynthia Clarissa (GaneshaIT,
Indonesia), Andersen (GaneshaIT, Indonesia), John (Jong) Choi (MarkAny, South
Korea)
5. Lattice-Based Data Integrity Auditing with
Blockchain for Edge Computing
Xiuling Zhang (ChangChun Finance College, China)
6. The Price of Interoperability: Exploring
Cross-Chain Bridges and Their Economic Consequences
Yiyue Cao (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou),
China), Mingzhe Zheng (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(Guangzhou), China), Lin William Cong (Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore), Siguang Li (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(Guangzhou), China), Xuechao Wang (The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (Guangzhou), China)
7. ChainMind: Blockchain-Based Accountability
Framework for LLM-Powered DeFi Agents
Kefan Liu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
8. From Passive Yield to Active Utility: A
Quantitative Analysis of USDC Velocity and DeFi Capital Migration under the
GENIUS Act
Yihan Guo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Yuan Zhang (BITSTEIN
PTE. LTD., Singapore)
9. When Staking Rewards Compound: Measuring the
Impact of Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade
Mohammed Benseddik (University of Zurich, Switzerland), Benjamin Kraner
(University of Zurich, Switzerland), Claudio J. Tessone (University of Zurich,
Switzerland)
10. Optimal Trading Speed on Blockchain
Ruizhe Jia (Stanford University, USA), Shihao Yu (Singapore Management
University, Singapore)
11. Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection: A
Survey from Static Analysis to Large Language Models
ZeKe Xiao (UNSW Sydney, Australia), Qin Wang (CSIRO Data61, Australia), Yuekang
Li (UNSW Sydney, Australia), Shiping Chen (CSIRO Data61, Australia)
12. CoBRA: A Universal Strategyproof
Confirmation Protocol for Quorum-Based Proof-of-Stake Blockchains
Zeta Avarikioti (TU Wien, Austria), Zeta Avarikioti (Common Prefix, Austria),
Eleftherios Kokoris Kogias (Mysten Labs, USA), Ray Neiheiser (ISTA, Austria),
Christos Stefo (TU Wien, Austria)
13. EPIC: Economic Profit Chain Inference via
Graph-Augmented Code Analysis
ZeKe Xiao (UNSW Sydney, Australia), Qin Wang (CSIRO Data61, Australia), Yuekang
Li (UNSW Sydney, Australia), Shiping Chen (CSIRO Data61, Australia)
14. ClawCoin: An Agentic AI-Native
Cryptocurrency for Decentralized Agent Economies
Shaoyu Li (Virginia Tech, USA), Chaoyu Zhang (Virginia Tech, USA), Hexuan Yu
(Virginia Tech, USA), Y. Thomas Hou (Virginia Tech, USA), Wenjing Lou (Virginia
Tech, USA)
15. Profit Sharing Automated Market Makers
Himanshu Shankar (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Vaibhav Jindal
(Independent Researcher), Anshal Shukla (Independent Researcher)
16. HasciDB: A Database for Identifying Crypto
Sybil Airdrop Hunters
Adeline Wen (University of Washington, USA), Chunyang Li (University of
Washington, USA), Shutong Qu (University of Washington, USA), Leon Leng
(University of Washington, USA), Wei Cai (University of Washington, USA)
17. Delphi: Iterative Discovery and Exploit
Synthesis for Smart Contract Security
Haoyong Lu (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Longqin Zhang
(National University of Singapore, Singapore), Ryan Zhao (National University
of Singapore, Singapore), Mac Ren (Agnos Labs, Singapore), Hanzhang Qin
(National University of Singapore, Singapore)
18. DLT-Corpus: A Large-Scale Text Collection
for the Distributed Ledger Technology Domain
Walter Hernandez (University College London, United Kingdom), Walter Hernandez
(Exponential Science, United Kingdom), Peter Devine (University of Edinburgh,
United Kingdom), Nikhil Vadgama (University College London, United Kingdom),
Nikhil Vadgama (Exponential Science, United Kingdom), Paolo Tasca (University
College London, United Kingdom), Paolo Tasca (Exponential Science, United
Kingdom), Jiahua Xu (University College London, United Kingdom), Jiahua Xu
(Exponential Science, United Kingdom)
19. The Anonymity Gap: Understanding Real
Privacy in Shielded UTXO-Based Protocols for DeFi
Hanze Guo (University College London, United Kingdom), Stefanos Chaliasos
(University College London, United Kingdom), Yebo Feng (Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore), Jiahua Xu (University College London, United Kingdom)
20. Do Small Shareholders Have a Voice?
Deliberation, Delegation, and Value in DAO Governance
Yichen Luo (University College London, United Kingdom), Jiahua Xu (University
College London, United Kingdom), Qiaozhi Ye (Shanghai University of Finance and
Economics, China), Kathy Yuan (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)
21. OnChainAgent: LLM-Powered Multi-Agent
Systems for Autonomous Operations on the Ethereum Mainnet
Jiashun Wang (Shanghai University of International Business and Economics,
China), Zhi Yang (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China),
Guangyan Gan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Hanzhang Qin
(National University of Singapore, Singapore), Liwen Zhang (Shanghai University
of Finance and Economics, China), Lin William Cong (Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore)
We welcome high-quality submissions in the field of blockchain that present innovative ideas, explore emerging challenges, consolidate existing knowledge, or demonstrate early-stage but impactful directions.
Submission site
Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Blockchain Protocols and Consensus
- Design and analysis of consensus mechanisms
- Byzantine fault tolerance and distributed coordination
- Network performance scalability latency and throughput
- Cryptoeconomics and System Design
- Tokenomics staking and incentive mechanisms
- MEV mitigation and protocol sustainability
- Decentralized governance
- Cryptography and Security Foundations
- Cryptographic primitives for blockchain systems
- Zero knowledge proofs and privacy preserving techniques
- Formal security models and provable guarantees
- Smart Contracts Programming and Formal Methods
- Languages and frameworks for smart contracts
- Formal verification and program correctness
- Static dynamic analysis and runtime monitoring
- Scalability Infrastructure and Storage
- Layer 1 and Layer 2 scaling architectures
- State storage data availability and snapshotting
- Cross chain bridges and decentralized oracle networks
- Privacy Security and Trusted Computing
- Confidential transactions and privacy preserving protocols
- Compliance aware privacy and data protection frameworks
- Security vulnerabilities and attack vectors in blockchain systems
- Threat modeling auditing and formal analysis of protocol security
- Blockchain and AI
- Decentralized and federated AI computation
- Verifiable and privacy preserving machine learning
- Tokenized models AI driven governance and data integrity
- Blockchain Based Applications
- Decentralized finance DeFi and real world asset tokenization
- Supply chain identity and data provenance systems
- Web3 infrastructure and decentralized service platforms
Submission Types
Submissions must be of one of the following types, and the recommended page length is in parenthesis:
- Original research papers (between 8 and 25 pages): These submissions present original and unpublished research results. Papers should make novel technical contributions and be supported by theoretical analysis, system design, or experimental evaluation. Submissions will be peer-reviewed based on originality, significance, technical quality, and clarity.
- Practitioner reports or case studies (up to 8 pages): These papers describe real-world implementations, deployment experiences, or engineering insights from blockchain projects. Submissions should focus on practical challenges, design trade-offs, performance outcomes, and lessons learned. This track is ideal for developers, system builders, and industry practitioners.
- Literature review / survey papers (up to 25 pages): Survey papers provide a comprehensive overview of a specific area within blockchain and related fields. Submissions should systematically analyze existing literature, categorize research trends, identify challenges, and propose future directions. Surveys must be well-structured and insightful, going beyond simple aggregation of prior work.
Note: Submissions focused on cryptocurrency price trends, investment strategies, or legal/regulatory issues are outside the scope of the conference. All papers should emphasize technical or scientific contributions, such as blockchain protocols, cryptography, distributed systems, secure computing, and crypto-economics.
Publication
NBC is a non-archival conference and does not publish formal proceedings. However, selected papers will be invited for publication in a special issue of ACM Distributed Ledger Technologies. Further details regarding this opportunity, including submission guidelines and timelines, will be provided after the acceptance notifications.
Important Dates
- Paper submission deadline:
April 20, 2026, 11:59pm AoE
(Extend to Apr 30, 2026, 11:59 pm AoE)
- Final acceptance notification: May 30, 2026
- Conference: Aug. 21-22, 2026
Submission Guidelines
- Please submit your paper via https://nbc26.hotcrp.com in Portable Document Format (.pdf).
- All submissions must be written in English and formatted using the ACM standard templates (for Microsoft Word or LaTeX), available at: http://www.acm.org/publications/authors/submissions.
- Authors must select the appropriate submission type during the submission process. The expected page limits for each category are:
- Original research papers (between 8 and 25 pages)
- Practitioner reports or case studies (up to 8 pages)
- Literature review / survey papers (up to 25 pages)
- Authors are encouraged to include a link to code or data (e.g., GitHub) in the submission form. While optional, such materials may positively impact the review.
- This conference does not require anonymized submissions. Author names, affiliations, and acknowledgments may be included in the submitted manuscript.
Co-Organizers
The Academy of Engineering, Singapore (SAEng), established in 2011, serves as the leading institution for engineering excellence in Singapore. As the national academy, SAEng unites the nation's most esteemed engineers across all sectors to champion the highest standards in the engineering practice. Our mission is to enhance Singapore's engineering capabilities and knowledge, thereby supporting the nation's sustained development and global competitiveness.
Knowledge Partner
IEEE Blockchain Technical Community (BCTC)
The IEEE Blockchain Technical Community (BCTC) serves as a global collaboration hub for advancing technology, promoting education, publishing research, sharing knowledge, and developing standards across the multidisciplinary communities interested in blockchain, distributed ledgers, and related technologies.