Blockchain Domain-Specific Languages: Survey, Classification, and Comparison

In this paper, we provide a comprehensive survey of the state-of-the-art blockchain DSLs introduced in the literature since the beginning of Blockchain 2.0 era. To this end, we conduct a detailed comparative analysis among the DSLs in terms of a number of parameters, such as Targeted Domain Parameters, Development Stage Parameters, Languages Attribute Parameters, and Functionality Parameters. Moreover, We classify the DSLs according to their target application domains, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses through a brief description for each of them. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive survey of blockchain DSLs which aims to provide the researchers and practitioners a well-informed guidance to choose right DSL to develop their applications on a given blockchain platform.