Journals

Journals

In September 2015, the first peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology research, Ledger, was announced. The inaugural issue was published in December 2016. The journal covers aspects of mathematics, computer science, engineering, law, economics and philosophy that relate to cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.

The journal encourages authors to digitally sign a file hash of submitted papers, which are then timestamped into the bitcoin blockchain. Authors are also asked to include a personal bitcoin address in the first page of their papers for non-repudiation purposes.
 

• 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