Towards A Unified Programming Model for Blockchain Smart Contract dApp Systems

Abstract

Developing smart contract decentralised application based systems typically involves writing code for various platforms, from the smart contract code residing on the underlying distributed ledger technology implementation to back end oracles and front end websites or mobile apps. In addition to the different technologies used for the different parts, the programmer is also burdened with implementing communication channels between the various parts. In this paper we propose a unified programming model allowing for developers to build such systems through a single code artifact, using a macroprogramming approach.