An analysis of anonymity in the bitcoin system

Security and Privacy in Social Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 197-223

  Reid, Fergal ^a   Harrigan, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Bitcoin; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; MAPPING; PEER TO PEER NETWORKS; TOPOLOGY;

ANONYMITY; BITCOIN; CONTEXT DISCOVERY; ELECTRONIC CURRENCY; EXTERNAL INFORMATIONS; MARKET VALUES; TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; TRANSACTION HISTORY;

ELECTRONIC MONEY;

EID: 84948142629     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4139-7_10     Document Type: Chapter

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