Distributed consensus and fault tolerance mechanisms -- Validation services for permissioned blockchains -- From byzantine consensus to blockchain consensus -- Smart contract-driven business transactions -- Towards preserving privacy and security in blockchain -- Application of blockchain and smart contract : approaches and challenges - Blockchain application for IoT cybersecurity management -- IoT security using blockchains -- Blockchain in global health : an appraisal of current and future applications -- A blockchain use case for car registration - Advancing the cybersecurity of electronic voting machines using blockchain technology -- Implementing the blockchain technology in the financial services industry -- Blockchain and the financial industry -- Legal aspects of blockchain technology : smart contracts, intellectual property and data protection -- Prediction of cryptocurrency market price using deep learning and blockchain information : bitcoin and ethereum.