Essays about: "decentralized virtual currencies"

Found 2 essays containing the words decentralized virtual currencies.

1. 1. Are cryptocurrencies homogenous?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Frida Gustafsson; [2019-10-29]
   Keywords : Cryptocurrencies; decentralized virtual currencies; ; LASSO; regulation; homogeneity; heterogeneity; Bitcoin;

   Abstract : There exist more than 2000 cryptocurrencies today. Although choices of design and target groups vary across cryptocurrencies, current research primarily focuses on Bitcoin. If the differences in design choices makes cryptocurrencies heterogenous then existing research could be less relevant in explaining how the cryptocurrency market works. READ MORE

3. 2. Blockchain technology in Scania Services : An investigative study of how blockchain technology can be utilized by Scania

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Datalogi

   Author : Jim Lindberg; [2017]
   Keywords : blockchain technology; decentralization; disintermediation; transportation industry; bitcoin; provenance tracking; platooning; data sharing;

   Abstract : Blockchain technology emerged in 2009 together with the introduction of Bitcoin, the first virtual currency which enabled nodes in a network, that do not necessarily trust each other, to exchange digital value without the use of trusted intermediaries. Since then, the idea of disintermediation and decentralization has gained traction in a large number of applications outside the world of finance and virtual currencies. READ MORE