# Call for input: CoDecFin 2027 workshop proposal (FC’27) **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 5, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://bgin.discourse.group/t/call-for-input-codecfin-2027-workshop-proposal-fc-27/1025 "2026-08-05T20:29:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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Hello everyone, We are preparing the **workshop proposal for CoDecFin 2027** (Coordination of Decentralized Finance) for submission to **Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2027 (FC’27)**. CoDecFin is the FC-associated workshop on technology and operational issues of permissionless blockchain and decentralized finance. BGIN was initiated after early CoDeFi / CoDecFin workshops, and CoDecFin discussions continue to inform BGIN documents and Working Group agendas. **We would like BGIN community input before we finalize and submit the proposal.** * * * ## Key facts | | | | --- | --- | | **Workshop** | The 8th Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance (CoDecFin) 2027 _(working title)_ | | **Conference** | FC’27 — 8–12 February 2027, Accra Beach Hotel & Spa, Barbados | | **FC’27 site** | [https://fc27.ifca.ai/](https://fc27.ifca.ai/) | | **Workshop proposal deadline** | **1 September 2026** (23:59 AoE; late submissions may be considered as space allows) | | **Workshop notification** | 15 September 2026 | | **Submit to** | `fc27workshops@ifca.ai` (non-anonymous; typically ~2 pages per FC CFP) | Source: [FC’27 Call for Papers](https://fc27.ifca.ai/cfp.html). * * * ## What we need from you Please reply in this thread **by Friday, 21 August 2026** (or contact us privately). Any subset of the items below is useful. ### 1. Topics / special focus areas for 2027 CoDecFin keeps a broad CFP, and each year we also emphasize areas tied to current multi-stakeholder needs. **Topics highlighted in the CoDecFin 2026 proposal / CFP (starting point):** - Identity, privacy, and key management - Centralized custody and decentralized custody - Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration - Cybersecurity and information sharing - Governance of the security supply chain - Governance sustainability (e.g. vs censorship resistance) - Application of PETs (ZKP and MPC) to blockchain - Privacy-enhanced authentication - Forensics and on-chain analysis - Illicit activities - Maturity definitions and assessment criteria - Standardization and R&D direction of digital assets, stablecoins, and CBDCs - Preventing use of crypto-assets in ransomware attacks - Scaling cryptocurrency, regulatory challenges, and mainstream adoption - Common understandings of “regulatory goals” - FATF: AML and privacy - Security of exchanges and DeFi protocols - Regulatory challenges of DeFi protocols - Risk and resilience in cryptocurrency financial systems - Harmonization of automated systems, human intervention, and regulation - NFTs and soulbound tokens - Standards (technical and regulatory) - Regulation of exchanges and consumer protection - Interoperability among existing financial infrastructure, permissionless ledgers, and CBDCs - Governance of protocols, implementations, DEXs & DAOs - Wallet governance - Energy consumption and environmental impact of consensus algorithms **Please tell us:** 1. Which topics should **continue** , **be reframed/merged** , or **be dropped** for 2027? 2. What **new topics** should we add? Examples for discussion (not decisions): - Agentic AI for security operations / information sharing - Stablecoin and tokenized-deposit operational guidance - L2 / bridge resilience and cross-chain risk - Bitcoin and multi-chain PQC migration (ecosystem-neutral framing) - Competition / evaluation / testbed themes linked to standards work 3. Should we keep a short **“special areas of this year”** list on the public website (as in CoDecFin 2026), separate from the full topic list? ### 2. Linkage to BGIN Working Groups We want the draft CFP to reflect issues WGs are actively working on. - Which **current or planned WG deliverables** should appear explicitly in the proposal / draft CFP? - Which open questions from **Block 14** (or upcoming Blocks / GDC) need an academic track at CoDecFin 2027? ### 3. Chairs, Program Committee, and helpers Please nominate (including self-nominations), with affiliation if possible: - **Program Co-chair** candidates _(2026 proposal listed Jarek Nabrzyski + TBA; General Chair: Shin’ichiro Matsuo)_ - **Program Committee** candidates (academia, industry, operators, policy / standards) - Volunteers for **outreach** , reviewing, and session design ### 4. Format Views welcome on: - Full-day vs half-day - Balance of **refereed papers** vs **invited talks / roundtables** - Continuing the **joint session with WTSC** (as in 2022–2026), if both workshops are accepted - How strongly to surface PQC competition / standards / testbed themes for February 2027 * * * ## Working framing (not final) **Title:** The 8th Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance (CoDecFin) 2027 — Regulators meet Industry meet Devs meet Researchers **Purpose (working text):** CoDecFin identifies and discusses technology and operational issues of permissionless blockchain and decentralized finance, bringing researchers, builders, operators, regulators, and other stakeholders into a shared academic and practice-oriented venue. Outcomes are expected to contribute to multi-stakeholder coordination, including work in BGIN. **Note:** This workshop does **not** endorse any specific decentralized finance projects or products. Ecosystem neutrality (including Bitcoin and non-EVM communities) remains a design goal. * * * ## Timeline | When | What | | --- | --- | | **Now – 21 Aug 2026** | Collect input on this thread | | **Late Aug 2026** | Post a consolidated draft proposal outline on Discourse for a second pass | | **Before 1 Sep 2026** | Submit the workshop proposal to FC’27 | | **After acceptance** | Open CoDecFin 2027 website and Call for Papers | * * * ## How to reply A short reply along these lines is ideal: 1. Topics: keep / change / add 2. BGIN WG linkages 3. Chair / PC nominations 4. Format preferences 5. Any constraints (calendar, ecosystem balance, publication expectations, etc.) If you prefer not to post publicly, contact **Shin’ichiro Matsuo** (`matsuo@bg2x.org`). Thank you — concrete suggestions will materially improve the proposal we submit to FC’27. — Shin’ichiro Matsuo