Elgar Encyclopedia of Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and DLT

Beck, Roman

Elgar Encyclopedia of Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and DLT

Edited by Roman Beck

Abstract: This illuminating Encyclopedia presents a comprehensive overview of cryptocurrencies, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, clarifying developing terminology in order to provide a key reference point for navigating this evolving domain.

Keywords: Blockchain; Cryptocurrency; Web3; Bitcoin; Distributed Ledger Technology; Decentralized Autonomous Organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035339952
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Chapters in this book:

Defining the future of decentralized economics: mapping a moving target: Roman Beck
Address clustering: Raffaele Cristodaro and Claudio J. Tessone
Architectural layers: Vincent Schaaf and Tobias Guggenberger
Asset token: Henrik Axelsen
Automated market makers: Alfred Taudes and Christoph Siebenbrunner
Bitcoin: Jonas Valbjørn Andersen
Blockchain and AI: Rongen “Sophia” Zhang
Blockchain, permissionless/permissioned: Tan Gürpinar
Central bank digital currency: Nadia Pocher and Gilbert Fridgen
Consensus mechanisms: Zachary R. Steelman
Cryptocurrency custody: Arthur Carvalho
Crypto tumblers: Assma Sabbhet and Henry M. Kim
Crypto assets and crypto derivatives: Bryan Routledge and Sevin Yeltekin
Decentralized autonomous organization: Michel Avital and Nina-Birte Schirrmacher
Decentralized exchange: Johannes Rude Jensen and Omri Ross
Decentralized finance: Sarah Palurovic and Jonas Gross
Decentralized governance: Gayan Benedict
Decentralized identity: Paulo Rupino da Cunha and Rodolfo Costa
Decentralized science: Walter Blocher
Ethereum: Jonas Valbjørn Andersen
Ethereum Name Service: Thomas Twenhöven
Incentive mechanisms and rewards: Raffaele Ciriello
Initial NFT offerings: Rongen “Sophia” Zhang
Intellectual Property: Dagmar Gesmann-Nuissl
Maximally extractable value: Johannes Rude Jensen and Omri Ross
Mempool: Benjamin Kraner and Claudio J. Tessone
Merkle tree: Boris Düdder
Metaverse technologies, challenges, and future directions: Soulla Louca and Marinos Themistocleous
Mining: Johannes Sedlmeir and Yunxiu Zhou
NFT marketplaces: Simon Perrelet and Jens Dibbern
Non-fungible tokens: Dagmar Gesmann-Nuissl
Nonce: Philipp Lang
Oracle: Harris Kyriakou and Yegin Genc
Payment tokens: Conrad Kraft and Jonas Gross
Proof of work: Jonas Valbjørn Andersen
Provenance: Harris Kyriakou and Yegin Genc
Quantum resistance: Esra Yeniaras
Regenerative finance: Tobias Ströher and Jens Strüker
Royalties: Tejas Kotha
Sandwich attacks: Tao Yan and Claudio J. Tessone
Satoshi Nakamoto: Barry Varys
Security token offering: Marco Schletz
Seed phrase: Philipp Lang
Selfish mining: Sheng-Nan Li and Claudio J. Tessone
Smart contract: Christoph Mueller-Bloch and Marten Risius
Stablecoins: Ravi Sarathy
Staking and proof of stake: Yusuf Ozdemir and Arthur Carvalho
Staking as a service: Arthur Carvalho
State channels: Fabian Stiehle and Ingo Weber
Supply policy: Mark C. Ballandies and Claudio J. Tessone
Testnets in blockchain development: Philipp Lang
Tokens: Asger Balle Pedersen
Token-based payment systems: Geoffrey Goodell
Token economics: Robert Wayne Gregory and Tobias Mini
Transparency: Johannes Sedlmeir and Gilbert Fridgen
Trust: Matthias Babel and Marc-Fabian Körner
Utility tokens: Qianyu Liu and Claudio J. Tessone
Verifiable credentials: Hendrik Pfaff and Nils Urbach
Volatility: cryptocurrencies: Vitali Mindel
Wallet: Kim Peiter Jørgensen
Web3: Ravi Sarathy
Web3 machine verifiable credentials: Mary Lacity and Erran Carmel
Whales: Raffaele Ciriello
Zero-knowledge proof: Asger Balle Pedersen

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