*Edited by Tiago M. Fernández-Caramés and Paula Fraga-Lamas*

Blockchain (BC) and artificial intelligence (AI) are currently two of the hottest computer science topics and their future seems bright. However, their convergence is not straightforward, and more research is needed in both fields. Thus, this book presents some of the latest advances in the convergence of BC and AI, gives useful guidelines for future researchers on how BC can help AI and how AI can become smarter, thanks to the use of BC. This book specifically analyzes the past of BC through the history of Bitcoin and then looks into the future: from massive internetof-things (IoT) deployments, to the so-called metaverse, and to the next generation of AI-powered BC-based cyber secured applications.

Advances in the Convergence

of Blockchain and Artificial

Intelligence

*Edited by Tiago M. Fernández-Caramés* 

*and Paula Fraga-Lamas*

ISBN 978-1-78984-093-3

ISBN 978-1-78985-553-1

Advances in the Convergence of Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence