Analyzing the bitcoin network: The First Four Years

Future Internet

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lischke, Matthias ^a   Fabian, Benjamin ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bitcoin; Blockchain; Complex networks; Cryptocurrencies; Electronic payment; Graph analysis; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

BITCOIN; BLOCK-CHAIN; ELECTRONIC PAYMENT; GEOLOCATIONS; GRAPH ANALYSIS; NETWORK DATA; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; SMALL WORLD PHENOMENON;

ELECTRONIC MONEY;

EID: 84981765136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19995903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/fi8010007     Document Type: Article

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