Use of Blockchain Smart Contracts in Software Engineering: A Systematic Mapping

Tariq, Faizan; Colomo‐Palacios, Ricardo

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-24308-1_27

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“…Faizan Tariq & Ricardo Colomo-Palacios [15] conducted an analysis of the usage and bene ts of Blockchain Smart Contracts in Software Engineering. The study also highlighted several challenges that have yet to be addressed by current methodologies.…”

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Exploring the Integration of Blockchain and Distributed DevOps for Secure, Transparent, and Traceable Software Development

Qureshi¹,

Farooq²,

Ali³

et al. 2023

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Distributed DevOps is a software development methodology that aims to integrate the work of development and operations teams without being bound by geographical constraints. This methodology excels in enhancing collaboration and the speed of software development. However, it does suffer from a lack of security, transparency, and traceability, which can result in project delays, a lack of trust between stakeholders, and even project failure. This paper addresses these issues of Distributed DevOps by implementing Blockchain technology. In this paper, we propose a framework that utilizes the benefits of blockchain technology to eliminate the shortcomings of Distributed DevOps. We present performance results that show the effectiveness of our framework in a real-world scenario, highlighting its ability to improve transparency, traceability, and the security of the DevOps pipeline. In conclusion, our research contributes to the growing literature on the intersection of blockchain and DevOps. It provides a practical framework for organizations looking to leverage blockchain technology to improve their development processes.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Integration of Blockchain and Distributed DevOps for Secure, Transparent, and Traceable Software Development

Qureshi¹,

Farooq²,

Ali³

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…Specifically, in relation to the application of blockchain to SE, to the best of our knowledge, there appear to be very limited secondary studies. The more closely-related study is a systematic mapping study conducted by Tariq and Colomo-Palacios [27]. This study reported on the uses of blockchain in software engineering and outlined the benefits that this new technology can bring to the SE field.…”

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Software Engineering Applications Enabled by Blockchain Technology: A Systematic Mapping Study

2021

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The novel, yet disruptive blockchain technology has witnessed growing attention, due to its intrinsic potential. Besides the conventional domains that benefit from such potential, such as finance, supply chain and healthcare, blockchain use cases in software engineering have emerged recently. In this study, we aim to contribute to the body of knowledge of blockchain-oriented software engineering by providing an adequate overview of the software engineering applications enabled by blockchain technology. To do so, we carried out a systematic mapping study and identified 22 primary studies. Then, we extracted data within the research type, research topic and contribution type facets. Findings suggest an increasing trend of studies since 2018. Additionally, findings reveal the potential of using blockchain technologies as an alternative to centralized systems, such as GitHub, Travis CI, and cloud-based package managers, and also to establish trust between parties in collaborative software development. We also found out that smart contracts can enable the automation of a variety of software engineering activities that usually require human reasoning, such as the acceptance phase, payments to software engineers, and compliance adherence. In spite of the fact that the field is not yet mature, we believe that this systematic mapping study provides a holistic overview that may benefit researchers interested in bringing blockchain to the software industry, and practitioners willing to understand how blockchain can transform the software development industry.

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“…The increasing interest in blockchain, smart contracts, and cryptocurrencies has also led to a growing number of tertiary studies that answer various research questions related to blockchain in [4] 2017 A systematic mapping study on current research topics in smart contracts SMS2 [3] 2017 Blockchain-based smart contracts: A systematic mapping study SMS3 [28] 2018 Smart contract applications within blockchain technology: A systematic mapping study SMS4 [39] 2019 Use of blockchain smart contracts in software engineering: A systematic mapping SLR SLR1 [31] 2019 A review paper on smart contracts in blockchain network-based applications SLR2 [19] 2019 A comparison of approaches for visualizing blockchains and smart contracts SLR3 [37] 2020 Blockchain smart contracts formalization: Approaches and challenges to address vulnerabilities Survey SUR1 [36] 2016 Scripting smart contracts for distributed ledger technology SUR2 [5] 2017 A survey of attacks on Ethereum smart contracts SoK SUR3 [17] 2018 On legal contracts, imperative and declarative smart contracts, and blockchain systems SUR4 [43] 2018 An overview of smart contract: Architecture, applications, and future trends SUR5 [29] 2018 Smart contracts and opportunities for formal methods SUR6 [20] 2018 Towards safer smart contracts: A survey of languages and verification methods SUR7 [49] 2019 Smart contract development: Challenges and opportunities SUR8 [1] 2019 Blockchain and smart contracts SUR9 [48] 2020 An overview on smart contracts: Challenges, advances, and platforms SUR10 [30] 2020 Empirical evaluation of blockchain smart contracts general, and smart contracts in particular. Furthermore, depending on their aim, the studies have been conducted as mapping studies, systematic literature reviews, or surveys.…”

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“…Finally, Tarig et al [39] carry out a mapping study to identify the challenges or the benefits of using smart contracts in software engineering. Their research questions are general questions oriented towards ascertaining how software engineering could benefit from smart contracts, and are not focused on smart contract languages.…”

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“…As blockchain grows in use and smart contracts spread across different domains (see, for example, the initiative of five global banks to build proof-of-concept platforms that use smart contracts [34]), several solutions and technologies that have emerged in the industry and academy sectors related to smart contracts and the blockchain itself. In parallel, multiple literature reviews have been published in the scientific literature to identify open problems, challenges, gaps, and issues related to blockchain in general, and to smart contracts in particular [3,4,28,39]. Nevertheless, none of these reviews is focused on smart contract languages, nor do any of them integrate "grey literature" to provide insight into the state-of-the-practice.…”

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Smart Contract Languages

Varela-Vaca

Quintero

2021

ACM Comput. Surv.

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Blockchain is a disruptive technology that has attracted the attention of the scientific community and companies, as proven by the exponential growth of publications on this topic in recent years. This growing interest is mainly due to the promise that the use of blockchain enables it to be verified, without including any trusted intermediaries, that the information received from the network is authentic and up-to-date. In this respect, blockchain is a distributed database that can be seen as a ledger that records all transactions that have ever been executed. In this context, smart contracts are pieces of software used to facilitate, verify, and enforce the negotiation of a transaction on a blockchain platform. These pieces of software are implemented by using programming languages, which are sometimes provided by the blockchain platforms themselves. This study aims to (1) identify and categorise the state-of-the-art related to smart contract languages, in terms of the existing languages and their main features, and (2) identify new research opportunities. The review has been conducted as a multivocal mapping study that follows the guidelines proposed by Garousi et al. for conducting multivocal literature reviews, as well as the guidelines proposed by Kitchenham and Charters for conducting mapping studies. As a result of the implementation of the review protocol, 4,119 papers were gathered, and 109 of them were selected for extraction. The contributions of this article are twofold: (1) 101 different smart contract languages have been identified and classified according to a variety of criteria; (2) a discussion on the findings and their implications for future research have been outlined. As a conclusion, it could be stated that a rigorous and replicable overview of the state-of-the-art of smart contract languages has been provided that can benefit not only researchers but also practitioners in the field, thanks to its multivocal nature.

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Use of Blockchain Smart Contracts in Software Engineering: A Systematic Mapping

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

Exploring the Integration of Blockchain and Distributed DevOps for Secure, Transparent, and Traceable Software Development

Exploring the Integration of Blockchain and Distributed DevOps for Secure, Transparent, and Traceable Software Development

Software Engineering Applications Enabled by Blockchain Technology: A Systematic Mapping Study

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