This National Ph.D. program aims to educate and train a new generation of researchers, professionals and innovators on “Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology” who can provide proper answers to the scientific and innovation emerging challenges from the private sector and public administration. The proposed Ph.D. of National Interest offers a Ph.D. program on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology that is inherently interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. The curricula chosen are a summary of the main uses and interests that have emerged in the national and international strategic agendas of research, innovation and development in our Country and in Europe. They involve a horizontal thematic component"