Real-time decision support system using visualization of a global decentralized financial system

Abstract: Decentralized digital currencies are emerging in today’s society. Bitcoin was the first to surface in late 2009, and today there are thousands of digital currencies with various properties. The vast amount of transaction data being generated from decentralized systems can be difficult to comprehend. Information visualization can be used to simplify this apprehension difficulty. It is a tool that allows us to effectively understand complex data by projecting it to a visual medium. This is a research study on multiple stakeholders for a web-based real-time decision support system for visualizing transaction data in a global decentralized financial system and set out to explore the stakeholders requirements in order to provide them support. To achieve this, an exploratory interview was conducted in order to gain knowledge of the requirements for each type of stakeholders. After which, a prototype of the decision support system was made, built upon the requirements and fundamental principles in information visualization. The prototype is web compliant with room for configurations to personalize. It is best suited for an overview. Complementary research could be additional studies on the stakeholders to improve the usability or develop additional supportive features to make it a smart system.