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telescope, vision
Markets
Law
Barclays Collaboration Sets Forth Vision for Smart Contracts Future
Barclays exec Lee Braine discusses a new position paper he believes has codified his bank's view on smart contracts tech.
telescope, vision
By Pete Rizzo
Aug 4, 2016 at 7:09 p.m. UTC
Aug 4, 2016
LawEuropeBarclaysTechnologysmart contractsAcademic ResearchBankingNewsTechnology News
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Markets
Micropayments
Anonymous Blockchain Micropayments Advance With 'Bolt'
CoinDesk outlines a new proposal that would seek to anonymize micropayments carried out on blockchain networks.
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By Alyssa Hertig
Aug 1, 2016 at 4:48 p.m. UTC
Aug 1, 2016
MicropaymentsTechnologyAcademic ResearchZcashFeaturesTechnology News
graduation, school
Markets
Technology
Bitcoin Testing Matures as Global Universities Join BSafe Network
An effort is underway to encourage more researchers and academics to investigate and test bitcoin and other blockchain tech.
graduation, school
By Bailey Reutzel
Jul 30, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 30, 2016
TechnologyMITAcademic ResearchFeaturesTechnology News
Marijuana
Markets
Silk road
'Sin' Activities No Longer Drive Bitcoin Economy, Researchers Find
A soon-to-be-released study has found evidence that bitcoin’s market is now a venue for "legitimate" commerce.
Marijuana
By Pete Rizzo
Jul 11, 2016 at 9:09 p.m. UTC
Jul 11, 2016
Silk RoadDark MarketsAcademic ResearchNews
orca, whale
Markets
Ethereum
Researchers Plan 'Unstoppable' DAO to Help Whales Save Themselves
A distributed ledger could help these researchers launch an unstoppable “Human-Whale-Robot-Hybrid” distributed autonomous organization.
orca, whale
By Pete Rizzo
May 20, 2016 at 5:55 p.m. UTC
May 20, 2016
EthereumAcademic ResearchNewsDAOsThe DAO
jenga
Markets
Blockchain technology
Researchers Argue Radical Redesigns Needed to Scale Decentralized Blockchains
A new paper suggests bitcoin will need a major redesign to scale into a mainstream payment network.
jenga
By Daniel Palmer
Feb 17, 2016 at 9:22 p.m. UTC
Feb 17, 2016
Blockchain TechnologyAcademic ResearchNewsScalability
Survey
Markets
Academic research
You Don't Need to Understand Bitcoin to Use it, Study Finds
A new study has revealed misconceptions by both bitcoin users and non-users over the digital currency's usability, functionality and anonymity.
Survey
By Daniel Palmer
Jan 26, 2016 at 2:55 p.m. UTC
Jan 26, 2016
Academic ResearchNews
charts, business
Markets
Mining
Bitcoin’s Bold Experiment: A Goldmine for Economic Researchers
Former Wall Street Journal reporter Michael J Casey discusses why economic researchers should be interested in studying the blockchain industry.
charts, business
By Michael J. Casey
Jan 9, 2016 at 9:55 p.m. UTC
Jan 9, 2016
MiningEconomicsAcademic ResearchBlock SizeFeatures
research paper
Markets
Academic research
The Top 10 Cryptocurrency Research Papers of 2015
Ledger Journal managing editor Peter Rizen presents his picks for the top cryptocurrency research papers of 2015.
research paper
By Peter Rizun
Dec 27, 2015 at 12:11 p.m. UTC
Dec 27, 2015
Academic Research2015-reviewFeatures
corporate governance, power balance
Markets
Academic research
NBER Report: Blockchain Could Shift Balance of Corporate Power
The blockchain could dramatically change corporate governance, according to a new report published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
corporate governance, power balance
By Pete Rizzo
Dec 14, 2015 at 9:31 p.m. UTC
Dec 14, 2015
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