Academic Research on Bitcoin Tripled in 2014
The amount of academic research centred on bitcoin has risen sharply in the last year, financial analyst and author Brett Scott has found.
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Jan 8, 2015 at 11:11 a.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Mining Pools Attack When Threatened, Study Finds
Researchers have investigated the conditions under which bitcoin mining pools will attack one another or co-exist peacefully.
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Jan 2, 2015 at 10:05 p.m. UTC
Jan 2, 2015
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New Research Links Bitcoin Price Spikes to Media Hype
New research that analyses bitcoin’s price fluctuations and usage patterns through empirical analysis has delivered some interesting results.
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Nov 19, 2014 at 3:55 p.m. UTC
Nov 19, 2014
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New Tool TorBan Helps Monitor Bitcoin-Over-Tor Attacks
A privacy researcher has created a monitoring tool called TorBan to check for attacks on bitcoin users over Tor.
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Nov 11, 2014 at 6:37 p.m. UTC
Nov 11, 2014
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Japanese Scholars Draft Proposal for a Better Bitcoin
Japanese researchers have published a set of monetary policy proposals they say could stabilise bitcoin's volatility.
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Nov 7, 2014 at 3:24 p.m. UTC
Nov 7, 2014
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Google Search Study Hints at 'Shady Truth' of Bitcoin Users
Researchers at the University of Kentucky have published a new paper examining the characteristics of US bitcoin users.
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Nov 5, 2014 at 2:28 p.m. UTC
Nov 5, 2014
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Bitcoin-Over-Tor Anonymity 'Can Be Busted for $2,500 a Month'
Researchers at the University of Luxembourg have found that using bitcoin over Tor leaves users open to privacy-busting attacks.
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Oct 29, 2014 at 1:51 p.m. UTC
Oct 29, 2014
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MIT Bitcoin Trading Simulation Yields Profit of 89% in 50 Days
MIT researchers have developed a trading system that can almost double a bitcoin investment in under two months.
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Oct 14, 2014 at 2:38 p.m. UTC
Oct 14, 2014