2024 Highlights
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Building on the success of last year’s symposium, this year’s event has been upgraded to a full conference format. This transition reflects our commitment to advancing the field by providing a structured platform for academic and industry discussions, rigorous peer-reviewed research, and cutting-edge technical presentations. The conference focuses on technical innovations in the blockchain ecosystem and brings together researchers and practitioners working across blockchain protocols, cryptography, distributed systems, secure computing, and cryptoeconomics. We aim to foster collaboration among the diverse communities driving the future of decentralized technologies.
| Day 1, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025 (Tentative) | |
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| 08:30 am | Registration |
| 09:00 am | Welcome Remarks: Prof. Christian Wolfrum (Deputy President and Provost, NTU, Singapore) |
| 09:10 am | Keynote Lecture: The Bubble and Burst of NFTs as An Alternative Investment Prof. Tse-Chun Lin (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China) |
| 10:15 am | Tea Break & Poster(40min) |
| Session 1 (Invited Talk): Blockchain Initiatives (Chair: Prof. Dusit Niyato) | |
| 10:45 am | Australian Approach to Blockchain R&D Prof. Shiping Chen (CSIRO Data61, Australia) |
| 11:15 am | IEEE Blockchain Technical Community: A Blockchain and DLT Collaboration Hub Prof. Raymond Choo (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA) |
| 11:50 am | Lunch |
| Session 2: Cryptography and Security (Chair: Dr. Ernie Teo) | |
| 01:00 pm | GPU and Quantum-accelerated PQ-TLS: Libertas Messaging System Johann Loke (Libertas, Singapore) |
| 01:15pm | Blockchain-based Document Approval System from Identity-Based Ordered Signature Zhiwei Wang (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China) |
| 01:30 pm | Aegis-Keeping Secrets Truly Secret Sharmila Deva Selvi Selvaraj, Rana Singh Shashwat (Liminal Custody Solutions, India) |
| 01:45 pm | Award talk - Resilience Revisited: Towards Fault Independence in Blockchain Jiangshan Yu (The University of Sydney, Australia) |
| 02:00 pm | Short Break(10min) |
| Session 3: Cryptoeconomics and DeFi (Chair: Asst. Prof. Yong Wang) | |
| 02:10 pm | Are Stablecoins Stable? Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Collateral-Backed Stablecoins Zhuoqiong Chen (Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China) |
| 02:25 pm | Tracing Digital Trails: A General Blockchain Forensic Analysis Workflow and The Libra Memecoin Case Study Tao Yan, Sheng Nan Li, Claudio J. Tessone (University of Zurich, Switzerland) |
| 02:40 pm | Know Your Intent: An Autonomous Multi-Perspective LLM Agent Framework for DeFi User Transaction Intent Mining Qian'ang Mao, Yuxuan Zhang, Jiaman Chen (Nanjing University, China), Wenjun Zhou (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA), Jiaqi Yan (Nanjing University, China) |
| 02:55 pm | Award talk - The Reward of Being Authentic: How Generative Al Reshapes Contribution and Reward Dynamics on Blockchain-based Social Media Asst. Prof. Bingyi Wu (California Polytechnic State University, USA) |
| 03:10 pm | Tea Break(35min) |
| Session 4 (Invited Talk): Web3 and Society (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Yi Li) | |
| 03:45 pm | Anatomy of Web3: Systems, Signals, and Socioeconomic Patterns Prof. Claudio J. Tessone (University of Zurich, Switzerland) |
| 04:15 pm | Blockchain for Trust and Transparency: Transforming Agriculture and Education Prof. Joseph Liu (Monash University, Australia) |
| 04:45 pm | Blind Box Talk Mystery Speaker (Tsinghua University, China & Sight) |
| 05:20 pm | Panel Discussion 1: The Future of Crypto-Economics: Stability, Regulation, and Innovation Moderator: Dr. Ernie Teo Panelists: Prof. Tse-Chun Lin, Assoc. Prof. Jiasun Li, Asst. Prof. Simon Trimborn, Mr.Gavin Wang, Ms. Xiao Xiao |
| 06:00 pm | End of day 1 |
| Day 2, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025 (Tentative) | |
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| 08:30 am | Registration |
| 09:00 am | Impact Award Talk - NeuroSymbolic AI and Blockchain: The Path Forward Dr. Ramesh Ramadoss ( IEEE Blockchain Technical Community, USA) |
| 10:00 am | Tea Break (30min) |
| Session 5 (Invited Talk): Security and Compliance (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Tianwei Zhang) | |
| 10:30 am | An Overview of Stablecoins: Security and Compliance Challenges Prof. Yajin Zhou (Zhejiang University, China) |
| 11:00 am | LLM, Agent, Agentic AI for Blockchain Security? Prof. Yang Liu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) |
| 11:30 am | Efficient Zero Knowledge Proofs and Applications Asst. Prof. Jiaheng Zhang (National University of Singapore, Singapore) |
| 12:05 pm | Lunch |
| Session 6: Architectures and Privacy (Chair: Asst. Prof. Wei Dong) | |
| 01:00 pm | Yotta: A Novel Large-Scale Trustless Data Trading Scheme for Blockchain System Xiang Liu (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Zhanpeng Guo (Xidian University, China), Liangxi Liu (Northeastern University, USA), Mengyao Zheng (Harvard University, USA), Yiming Qiu (University of Michigan, USA), Linshan Jiang (National University of Singapore, Singapore) |
| 01:15 pm | From ZK-EVM to ZK-Solidity: Automated Verifiable Computation for Blockchain Jiao Jiao (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Huaxiong Wang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) |
| 01:30 pm | Award talk - Waterfall: Past, Present, and Future Dr. Sergii Grybniak (Odesa Polytechnic National University, Ukraine) |
| 01:45 pm | Award talk: UniCross: A Universal Cross-Chain Payment Protocol with On-Demand Privacy and High Scalability Assoc. Prof. Shifeng Sun (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) |
| 02:00 pm | Short Break (10min) |
| Session 7: Systems and Network (Chair: Asst. Prof. Wei Zhang) | |
| 02:10 pm | Secure Ledger for Internet of Things: A Preference-Based Committee Member Auction Consensus Framework Akshaya Mathur (Newcastle University, United Kingdom), Masoud Barati (Carleton University, Canada) Gagangeet Singh Aujla (Durham University, United Kingdom),Omer Rana (Cardiff University, United Kingdom) |
| 02:25 pm | A Hierarchical Blockchain Supporting Dynamic Locality by Extending Execute-Order-Validate Architecture Yongrae Jo (Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea), Chanik Park (Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea) |
| 02:40 pm | Subnetworks in BlockDAG Oleksandr Antonenko (Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine), Sergii Grybniak (Odesa Polytechnic National University, Ukraine), Ruslan Shanin (Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine), Oleksandr Nashyvan, Denis Guzey (Odesa Polytechnic State University, Ukraine) |
| 02:55 pm | Award talk - Coordinated Optimization Techniques for The CAP Trilemma in Permissioned Blockchains Dr. Han Wang (Peking University, China) |
| 03:10 pm | Tea Break (30min) |
| Session 8 (Invited Talk): Blockchain and Sustainability (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Te Bao) | |
| 03:40 pm | Bitcoin Mining for Carbon Emission Reduction Assoc. Prof. Jiasun Li (George Mason University, USA) |
| 04:10 pm | The Geographic Origins of Blockchain Transactions Asst. Prof. Simon Trimborn (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| 04:45pm | Panel Discussion 2: Intelligent and Trustless: The Convergence of Web3 and AI Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Yi Li Panelists: Prof. Shiping Chen, Dr. James Ong, Dr. Ramesh Ramadoss, Asst. Prof. Bingyi Wu, Prof. Yajin Zhou |
| 05:20 pm | End of Conference & Closing Remarks: Prof. Yonggang Wen (Director of CCTF, NTU, Singapore) |
| Banquet | Ceremony: IEEE TEMS TC on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies Awards |
Honorary Chair
Honorary Chair
Panel Chair
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Keynote
The University of Hong Kong, China
Professor Tse-Chun LIN has been publishing his research in leading academic journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Financial Economics,Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, etc. His research has also been featured in The Economist, WSJ,Bloomberg, and Investopedia, etc.
Speakers
Zhejiang University, China
George Mason University, USA
Impact Award Talk
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IEEE Blockchain Technical Community, USA
Dr. Ramesh Ramadoss is an entrepreneur, researcher, author, and international speaker. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. He currently serves as Chair of the IEEE Blockchain Technical Community and has spearheaded the establishment of over 85 IEEE Blockchain Local Groups worldwide. In 2024, his biography was included in Marquis Who's Who in America for his notable contributions to engineering. He is the author or co-author of one book, four book chapters, and more than 50 research papers. He has written the foreword for three books in the blockchain field. He has also delivered talks at over 200 international conferences across 80 countries.
Award Talk
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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
PDF submissions can be submitted at https://nbc25.hotcrp.com
Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Cryptoeconomics & Decentralized Finance
- Tokenomics and staking models
- Decentralized governance
- Systemic risk and economic stability in blockchain-based financial systems
- Mechanism design for reducing Miner Extractable Value (MEV)
- Decentralized stabilization algorithms and incentive-compatible protocol design
2. Cryptography & Distributed Systems
- Novel cryptographic primitives and consensus protocols for blockchain
- Security proofs and formal analysis of blockchain protocols
- New techniques for secure, decentralized identity and authentication
3. Formal Methods & Programming Languages
- Secure programming languages and frameworks for smart contracts
- Formal verification of cryptographic and consensus-critical code
- Static and dynamic analysis tools for blockchain applications
4. Blockchain Infrastructure & Scalability
- Layer 1 and Layer 2 scaling solutions
- Secure and efficient blockchain storage and state management
- Decentralized oracle networks and cross-chain communication
5. Privacy & Confidentiality
- Zero-knowledge proofs and privacy-preserving cryptographic techniques
- Privacy-enhancing technologies for decentralized applications
- Techniques for compliance-aware confidential transactions
6. Hardware & Blockchain Security - Hardware security modules (HSMs) and secure multi-party computation (MPC)
- Design and analysis of hardware wallets and key management solutions
- Alternative network infrastructure for blockchain communication (e.g., satellite, radio)
7. Testing, Measurement & Deployment
- Blockchain testing methodologies, simulation, and experiment design
- Measurement and analysis of deployed blockchain networks
- Upgradability and governance mechanisms in blockchain protocols
8. Security, Attacks & Threat Modeling
- Security vulnerabilities in smart contracts and DeFi protocols
- Attacks on consensus protocols, Sybil resistance, and economic security
- Emerging threats in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs)
Submission Types
Technical Paper: A detailed and mature technical submission presenting a novel contribution to blockchain engineering, science, or cryptoeconomics. These papers should demonstrate strong methodology, technical depth, and meaningful implications for research or practice.
Exploratory Paper: Submissions in this category may include early-stage research with high potential or papers that systematize and analyze existing knowledge. This includes conceptually innovative ideas, comparative studies, surveys, or interdisciplinary analyses that aim to provoke discussion or guide future research.
Presentation Proposal: This category is for authors of papers accepted by ACM Distributed Ledger Technologies within the past 1.5 years who would like to present their work at NBC 2025. Submissions should be limited to 1 page and must include the title and DOI of the accepted paper.
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 does not have formal proceedings and is a non-archival conference. However, selected Technical Papers may be invited for publication in a special issue of ACM Distributed Ledger Technologies. More details regarding this opportunity will be announced soon.
Important Dates
- Paper submission deadline:
April 30, 2025, 11:59pm AoE
（Extended to May 14, 2025,11:59 pm AoE)
- Final acceptance notification:
May 25, 2025
(Extended to May 30,2025)
- Conference : Aug 16-17, 2025
Submission Guidelines
- Please submit your paper via HotCRP at https://nbc25.hotcrp.com in Portable Document Format (.pdf).
- Submissions must be written in English and formatted using the standard ACM authoring templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX, available at http://www.acm.org/publications/authors/submissions.
- Submissions should use the single-column ACM format and be between 8 to 25 pages, including references.
- Please select the appropriate submission type (Technical Paper, Exploratory Paper or Presentation Proposal) when submitting.
- Anonymity is not required for this conference. Submissions may include author names and affiliations.
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.
Strategic Partner
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.
Sponsors
With appreciation to:
