Research Area:  Blockchain Technology

Abstract:

As a result of the 2017 boom in the cryptocurrency market, some governments around the world have begun to work in the direction of regularizing and supervising digital currency. People have gained trust in the use of cryptocurrency thanks to the security of the blockchain technology and of their economic ecosystem. This paper reviews the challenges faced by five different cryptocurrencies with the highest market capitalization. Furthermore, we analyze the blockchain technology that underlies them.

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Author(s) Name:  Diego Valdeolmillos, Yeray Mezquita, Alfonso González-Briones, Javier Prieto & Juan Manuel Corchado

Publisher name:  Springer

DOI:  10.1007/978-3-030-23813-1_19

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Paper Link:   https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-23813-1_19