Blockchain and Applications: 2nd International Congress

Conference research on blockchain’s next phase

Blockchain and Applications: 2nd International Congress brings together the proceedings of BLOCKCHAIN 2020, a conference volume focused on the evolving conversation around blockchain, artificial intelligence, and their application domains. Edited by Javier Prieto, António Pinto, Ashok Kumar Das, and Stefano Ferretti, this is a research collection rather than a single-author monograph, and that gives it a useful immediacy: you are reading work produced at the pace of an active research field.

What this volume covers

The book sits within Springer’s Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing series and reflects the series’ emphasis on current, conference-based research. The material explores blockchain ideas, technologies, models, tools, and practical directions, with particular attention to how blockchain intersects with AI and related digital systems. It is the kind of volume that captures where the field was headed at the time of publication, especially for readers tracking emerging methods and real-world use cases.

Why it stands out

Because it is a proceedings book, the value here lies in breadth and timeliness. Readers get a cross-section of work from multiple contributors, which makes the volume useful for understanding the range of questions researchers were asking about blockchain in 2020. That makes it especially helpful for literature review work, academic reference, and anyone who prefers seeing a field through the lens of active conference research.

Best suited to

• researchers and graduate students in blockchain, computer science, and intelligent systems
• practitioners following blockchain applications in digital infrastructure
• readers interested in the meeting point of blockchain and AI
• libraries and collections that keep current technical proceedings on hand

If you want a well-documented snapshot of blockchain research as presented at BLOCKCHAIN 2020, this is a strong, topic-specific addition to a digital technical library.