This 4th edition of the P2PFISY workshop will bring together scholars, regulators and practitioners interested in the P2P economics. The aim is to merging the gap between academics, technologists, policy makers and regulators engaged in the above-mentioned field, by providing a unique cross-sectoral perspective which allows to exhaustively address questions of practical importance on the following topics:

- Digital Currencies and Blockchain Technologies;
- P2P Lending and Crowdfunding;

Submissions should focus on (but are not limited to):
-Cryptographic protocols and P2P networks
-Central bank digital currencies (payment and monetary aspects)
-Threats / attacks / defences / security engineering of P2P systems
-Systemic risk of P2P systems
-Digital identification
-Fraud detection and financial crime prevention
-Legal aspects and regulatory issues
-Financial inclusion and market stability
-Socio-economic and monetary aspects of P2P systems
-Technology adoption and market dynamics
-New business models and novel applications
-Automatic Regulation and Automatic Compliance (RegTech)
-Innovative technology applied to the insurance industry model (InsurTech)
-Internet of Things, smart energy & utilities
-Smart contracts and decentralized government

Special Issue:
Authors whose papers are accepted will also have the opportunity to submit their papers for publication in a special issue of Journal of Digital Banking, the major new professional journal publishing in-depth, peer-reviewed articles and case studies on FinTech innovation, digital disruption and how to develop a profitable, customer-focused digital banking strategy. Details of the journal and formatting your submission can be found at https://www.henrystewartpublications.com/jdb or by contacting the Publisher, Simon Beckett, at simon@hspublications.co.uk.

Organising Committee
Dr. Paolo Tasca (UCL CBT)
Prof. Tomaso Aste (UCL CBT)
Thamim Ahmed (UCL CBT)

Scientific Committee
Dr. Chris Clack, University College London (UCL)
Prof. Alexander Lipton, MIT Media Lab
Dr. Ben R. Craig, FED Cleveland
Dr. Primavera De Filippi, Harvard University
Dr. Robleh Ali, MIT Media Lab
Prof. Wei-Tek Tsai, Beihang University
Prof. David Yermack, Stern School of Business NYU
Prof. Tiziana di Matteo, King’s College
Prof. Ben Shenglin, Zehijang University
David Andolfatto, FED Saint Louis
Dr. Wilko Bolt, De Nederlandsche Bank
Dr. Ben Fung, Bank of Canada
Dr. Pinar Emirdag, State Street
Dr. David Kinitsky, Fidelity
Dr. Nicolas Courtois, University College London (UCL)
Dr. Marta Piekarska, Linux Foundation
Dr. Katrin Assenmacher, Head of the Monetary Policy Strategy Division, ECB

Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to info@p2pfisy.com