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Smart contracts can be regarded as one of the most popular blockchain-based applications. The decentralized nature of blockchain introduces vulnerabilities absent in non-distributed programs. Furthermore, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to patch a smart contract after it is deployed. Therefore, smart contracts must be formally verified before they are deployed on the blockchain. In this work, we study the formal specification and verification of smart contracts.
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Jiao, J. (2019). Formal Specification and Verification of Smart Contracts. In: Ait-Ameur, Y., Qin, S. (eds) Formal Methods and Software Engineering. ICFEM 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11852. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32409-4_35
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