Academic research

Academic research

 

Blockchain panel discussion at the first IEEE Computer Society TechIgnite conference

In October 2014, the MIT Bitcoin Club, with funding from MIT alumni, provided undergraduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology access to $100 of bitcoin. The adoption rates, as studied by Catalini and Tucker (2016), revealed that when people who typically adopt technologies early are given delayed access, they tend to reject the technology.


 

• 1History
• 2Structure
  • 2.1Blocks - Block Time - Hard Forks
  • 2.2Decentralization
  • 2.3Openness - Permissionless -  Permissioned (private) blockchain - Disadvantanges of Private Blockchain -BlockChain Analysis
• 3Uses
  • 3.1Cryptocurrencies
  • 3.2Smart contracts
  • 3.3Financial services
  • 3.4Video games
  • 3.5Energy trading
  • 3.6Supply chain
  • 3.7Domain Names
  • 3.8Other uses
• 4Types
  • 4.1Public blockchains
  • 4.2Private blockchains
  • 4.3Hybrid blockchains
  • 4.4Sidechains
• 5Academic research
  • 5.1Adoption decision
  • 5.2Collaboration
  • 5.3Blockchain and internal audit
  • 5.4Energy use of proof-of-work blockchains
  • 5.5Journals