From Agents to Blockchain: Stairway to Integration


Giovanni Ciatto, Stefano Mariani, Andrea Omicini, Franco Zambonelli

Applied Sciences 10(21), article 7460 (22 pages)
October 2020

The blockchain concept and technology are impacting many different research and application fields; hence, many are looking at the blockchain as a chance to solve long-standing problems or gain novel benefits. In the agent community several authors are proposing their own combination of agent-oriented technology and blockchain to address both old and new challenges. In this paper we aim at clarifying which are the opportunities, the dimensions to consider, and the alternative approaches available for integrating agents and blockchain, by proposing a roadmap and illustrating the issues yet to be addressed. Then, as both validation of our roadmap and grounds for future development, we discuss the case of Tenderfone, a custom blockchain integrating concepts borrowed from agent-oriented programming.

(keywords) blockchain; smart contracts; agents; autonomy; multi-agent systems; Tenderfone

Journals & Series

Publication

— authors

— editors

Roberto Tonelli, Marco Ortu, Andrea Pinna

— status

published

— sort

article in journal

— publication date

October 2020

— journal

Applied Sciences

— series

Advances in Blockchain Technology and Applications 2020

— volume

10

— issue

21

— article no.

7460

— number of pages

22

URLs

original page  |  original PDF

identifiers

— DOI

10.3390/app10217460

— IRIS

11585/775705

— Scopus

2-s2.0-85094167294

— print ISSN

2076-3417

notes

— note

Special Issue “Advances in Blockchain Technology and Applications 2020”

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