Crypto-currencies (Beyond Bitcoin, Chapter 4)
Year: 2015
Type: preprint
Abstract: In this chapter, we discuss economic aspects of cryptocurrencies. 4.1. The double spending problem 4.2. How does Bitcoin work? Brief overview 4.3. Not the first one – predecessors of Bitcoin 4.4. Problems with Bitcoin (new challenges) 4.5. Competition against other crypto-currencies 4.6. Non-currency use of blockchain technology 4.7. Trading cryptocurrencies 4.8. How do crypto-currencies’s attributes compare to earlier money? For Chapter 1 (Introduction), see https://ssrn.com/abstract=3135021. For Chapter 2 (Means of Exchange: Ever-present Competition), see https://ssrn.com/abstract=3135028. For Chapter 3 (Platform-based Currencies), see https://ssrn.com/abstract=3135030. For Chapter 5 (Conclusions), see https://ssrn.com/abstract=3135057.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Authors: Hanna Hałaburda, Miklós Sárváry
Institutions: New York University, Columbia University
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2907115098