From Blockchain to Web3 & Metaverse

Huawei Huang (Senior Member, IEEE) earned his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Aizu, Japan, in 2016. He is currently an Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, China. His research interests include Blockchains, Web3, and Distributed Computing. He has worked as a research fellow of JSPS, a visiting scholar with Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a program-specific Assistant Professor with Kyoto University, Japan. He has served as a lead guest editor of a special issue on blockchains at IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), and a lead guest editor of a special issue on Fusing Blockchain and AI with Metaverse at IEEE Open Journal of Computer Society (OJ-CS).   Jiajing Wu (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, in 2014. She was a recipient of the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme during her Ph.D. study in Hong Kong (2010--2014). In 2015, she joinedthe Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, where she is currently an Associate Professor. Her research focus includes blockchain, graph mining, network science. Dr. Wu has been invited to be the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, the Guest Editor of Chaos, Sensors, IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, and the organizer of several industry flagship conferences including IEEE ISCAS, CCF ICSS, and BlockSys.   Zibin Zheng (Fellow, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. He is currently a Full Professor with Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. His research interests include service computing, software engineering, and blockchain. He was a recipient of the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award. He received the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at the ICSE 2010 and the Best Student Paper Award at the ICWS 2010.

Chapter 1. How would Blockchain and Smart Contract Drive Metaverse?.-Chapter 2. How does Value Circulate in the Metaverse？Cryptocurrencies, Token Systems, and Web3.- Chapter 3. How to Enrich Metaverse? Blockchains, Digital Twin and AI for Metaverse.- Chapter 4.How to Address Storage Issues for Metaverse? Blockchains and Distributed File Systems.- Chapter 5. How to Organize Web3 Users? Decentralized Autonomous Organizations:From Technology to Society.- Chapter 6. What Do Non-Fungible Tokens Mean for Metaverse? Measurements, Analyses, and Crimes.- Chapter 7. What could Digital Economy Do for Web3? Applications and Challenges.- Chapter 8. How does Economy System Work for Metaverse? Web3-Empowered Economy.- Chapter 9. What would Web3 & Metaverse still Face? Open Research Problems.