Blockchain Technology: Transforming Libertarian Cryptocurrency Dreams to Finance and Banking Realities

Computer

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 38-49

  Eyal, Ittay ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitcoin; Bitcoin Next Generation; blockchain; consensus protocol; Corda; cryptocurrency; DAO; decentralized autonomous organization; distributed ledger technology; DLT; Ethereum; financial technology; Hyperledger; privacy; proof of elapsed time; proof of stake; proof of work; security; smart contract; Solidus; Spectre

Indexed keywords

DATA PRIVACY; DEEP LEVEL TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY; FINANCE;

BITCOIN; BITCOIN NEXT GENERATION; BLOCK-CHAIN; CONSENSUS PROTOCOLS; CORDA; ETHEREUM; HYPERLEDGER; PROOF OF ELAPSED TIME; PROOF OF STAKE; PROOF OF WORK; SECURITY; SOLIDUS; SPECTRE;

ELECTRONIC MONEY;

EID: 85030719537     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MC.2017.3571042     Document Type: Article

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