Research

Questions about Bitcoin and other Informational Money

Year 2013
Author Jan A. Bergstra, Karl de Leeuw
Publisher ArXiv
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Bitcoin

This research papers offers a collection of questions about Bitcoin and its hypothetical relatives Bitguilder and Bitpenny is formulated. These questions concern technical issues about protocols, security issues, issues about the formalisations of informational monies in various contexts, and issues about forms of use and misuse. Some questions are formulated in the more general
setting of informational monies and near-monies.

The authors also formulate questions about legal, psychological, and ethical aspects of informational money. Finally we formulate a number of questions concerning the economical
merits of and outlooks for Bitcoin. Whether you’re a beginner or more advanced, these questions about Bitcoin will help you to further your knowledge.

This research covers some important topics such as:

  • What is the Bitcoin protocol?
  • When, if ever, will an open protocol specification become leading?
  • How can the algorithmic content of Bitcoin for participants be clarified?

The authors put forward questions about software technology and mining, use and misuse, and general matters including: is Bitcoin money? These questions about Bitcoin could help to refine your perspective on the cryptocurrency! While many researchers explore the potential of Bitcoin, these authors have taken the time to explore the demise of Bitcoin and what it would mean for the financial ecosystem. Read it now for a refreshing view on the world’s leading cryptocurrency.