Might the Blockchain Outlive Bitcoin?

IT Professional

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 12-16

  Hurlburt, George ^a  

^a STEMCorp   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitcoin; blockchain; crypto currency; Internet technologies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

BITCOIN; BLOCK-CHAIN; INTERNET TECHNOLOGY; OPEN SOURCE INITIATIVES;

ELECTRONIC MONEY;

EID: 84963877603     PISSN: 15209202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MITP.2016.21     Document Type: Article

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