3 papers
cs.SE2025
The Myth of Immutability: A Multivocal Review on Smart Contract Upgradeability
Ilham Qasse, Isra M. Ali, Nafisa Ahmed +2
The immutability of smart contracts on blockchain platforms like Ethereum promotes security and trustworthiness but presents challenges for updates, bug fixes, or adding new featur…
cs.SE2025
EvoChain: A Framework for Tracking and Visualizing Smart Contract Evolution
Ilham Qasse, Mohammad Hamdaqa, Björn Ãór Jónsson
Tracking the evolution of smart contracts is challenging due to their immutable nature and complex upgrade mechanisms. We introduce EvoChain, a comprehensive framework and dataset…
cs.SE2024
Immutable in Principle, Upgradeable by Design: Exploratory Study of Smart Contract Upgradeability
Ilham Qasse, Mohammad Hamdaqa, Björn Ãór Jónsson
Smart contracts, known for their immutable nature to ensure trust via automated enforcement, have evolved to require upgradeability due to unforeseen vulnerabilities and the need f…