We are pleased to inform you that your paper 8: “Smart Contracts are more than Objects: Pro-activeness on the Blockchain” has been accepted, subject to certain specified amendments being satisfactorily completed, in the BLOCKCHAIN 2019 main track and will be included in the proceedings published by Springer AISC.
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REVIEW 1
PAPER: 8 TITLE: Smart Contracts are more than Objects: Pro-activeness on the Blockchain AUTHORS: Giovanni Ciatto, Alfredo Maffi, Stefano Mariani and Andrea Omicini
Overall evaluation: 0 (borderline paper)
Overall evaluation
This paper has the following strengths
points concerning smart contracts: pro-activeness, time, and synchronization issues,
2. initial elements of formalisation, though these elements are not set into proper definitions and `axiomatised'
and weaknesses
the paper is not clear about the implementation status of the PoC. It has no proper evaluation, no proven properties, no complexity results, no experimental evaluation. In particular, users of TuProlog (the Prolog engine used in the paper) have reported it being extremely slow, as confirmed by the evaluations
2. the formalisation is pretty unclear
Overall, the claims in the paper are difficult to verify by the reader.
Finally, the claim that smart contracts can "replace real-world contracts" is not correct as in many jurisdictions smart contracts are not considered legally enforceable documents that can stand in a court of law.
REVIEW 2
PAPER: 8 TITLE: Smart Contracts are more than Objects: Pro-activeness on the Blockchain AUTHORS: Giovanni Ciatto, Alfredo Maffi, Stefano Mariani and Andrea Omicini
Overall evaluation: 1 (weak accept)
Overall evaluation
The paper provides a brief analysis of the current focus applied for the most common implementations of smart contracts and some limitations associated to these approaches. The authors provide an interesting solution to address these problems by implementing its own BCT platform, language and consensus engine, able to overcome the problems pointed. The paper is well structured, and the explanations are clear and concise. The use of the language is proper and clear. There are enough references and they are properly related to the paper subject.
Dear Andrea Omicini,
We are pleased to inform you that your paper 8: “Smart Contracts are more than Objects: Pro-activeness on the Blockchain” has been accepted, subject to certain specified amendments being satisfactorily completed, in the BLOCKCHAIN 2019 main track and will be included in the proceedings published by Springer AISC.
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All papers must be formatted according to the ASIC template, with a maximum length of 8 pages, including figures and references. The paper template can be downloaded here: https://www.blockchain-congress.net/submission. In the final version of your paper, please submit the PDF, source files (doc or latex) and the images. You must include the keywords in your paper.
Registration, which is compulsory for at least one of the authors of each of the accepted papers should be completed before March 29th, 2019: https://www.blockchain-congress.net/registration
Please, remember that you must follow the following steps in order to include the paper in the proceedings
1) Fill out and sign the copyright form and attach it to the final version of your paper using the conference management System https://www.easychair.org/conferences?conf=blockchain19 The copyright's data for BLOCKCHAIN 2019 (Main track & Demonstrations) are:
Download pre-filled form for BLOCKCHAIN: https://www.blockchain-congress.net/sites/default/files/CfP-blockchain.pdf
2) At least one author must register before March 29th, 2019. If the same author presents several papers, a supplementary publication fee is due for each supplementary paper (175 €, reduced rate).
3) Upload a .Zip file containing the camera-ready version of your paper in PDF format, the source files (Word or Latex) and the images).
Thank you for your support for BLOCKCHAIN'19.
Best Regards BLOCKCHAIN’19 Committee
REVIEW 1
PAPER: 8 TITLE: Smart Contracts are more than Objects: Pro-activeness on the Blockchain AUTHORS: Giovanni Ciatto, Alfredo Maffi, Stefano Mariani and Andrea Omicini
Overall evaluation: 0 (borderline paper)
Overall evaluation
This paper has the following strengths
2. initial elements of formalisation, though these elements are not set into proper definitions and `axiomatised'
and weaknesses
2. the formalisation is pretty unclear
Overall, the claims in the paper are difficult to verify by the reader.
Finally, the claim that smart contracts can "replace real-world contracts" is not correct as in many jurisdictions smart contracts are not considered legally enforceable documents that can stand in a court of law.
REVIEW 2
PAPER: 8 TITLE: Smart Contracts are more than Objects: Pro-activeness on the Blockchain AUTHORS: Giovanni Ciatto, Alfredo Maffi, Stefano Mariani and Andrea Omicini
Overall evaluation: 1 (weak accept)
Overall evaluation
The paper provides a brief analysis of the current focus applied for the most common implementations of smart contracts and some limitations associated to these approaches. The authors provide an interesting solution to address these problems by implementing its own BCT platform, language and consensus engine, able to overcome the problems pointed. The paper is well structured, and the explanations are clear and concise. The use of the language is proper and clear. There are enough references and they are properly related to the paper subject.