Abstract
Recently, smart contracts are increasingly gaining more attention from academia and industries, due to their potential of increasing efficiency in various application domains. However, building syntactically correct smart contracts is very complex and challenging for non-expert programmers. Besides, as smart contracts are still in the early emerging phase, there is a lack of expertise and tools for supporting practitioners to teach or learn smart contract development. In this paper, we introduce SmartBuilder, a block-based visual programming framework for building smart contracts using extended Google Blockly libraries. It allows Hyperledger Fabric smart contract (also known as Chaincode) development learners or non-expert users to build smart contracts using visual blocks without writing a single code. Moreover, it is a useful and efficient educational tool for teaching or learning how to build smart contracts.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2021 |
Editors | Yang Xiang, Ziyuan Wang, Honggang Wang, Valtteri Niemi |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 90-94 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781665417600 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Event | 4th IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2021 - Virtual, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 2021 Dec 6 → 2021 Dec 8 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2021 |
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Conference
Conference | 4th IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2021 |
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Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Virtual, Melbourne |
Period | 21/12/6 → 21/12/8 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the MSIT (Ministry of Science and ICT) of the Korean Government, under Grant No. NRF-2021R1A2C2012476.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
Keywords
- Assisted development framework
- Block-based visual programming
- Blockcly
- Chaincode
- Smart contract
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
- Business and International Management
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Information Systems
- Information Systems and Management
- Management Science and Operations Research