Introduction to Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies

Sam Goundar

Chapter 1 in Blockchain Technologies, Applications and Cryptocurrencies:Current Practice and Future Trends, 2020, pp ix-xix from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Blockchains and cryptocurrencies are now topics of substantial impact that academia, practitioners and the IT industry need to contemplate, study, research, publish, innovate, exploit and adopt. This book titled Blockchain Technologies, Applications and Cryptocurrencies intends to provide information on the innovative, scholarly and professional research pertaining to the management, organization and technological use of blockchains and cryptocurrencies. The chapters in this book will be essential for anyone interested in these areas. This book is one of the few dedicated entirely to blockchain technologies, applications and cryptocurrencies…

Keywords: Blockchains; Cryptocurrencies; Distributed Ledger Technologies; Bitcoin; FinTech (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G20 L86 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/9789811205279_0001 (application/pdf)
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789811205279_0001 (text/html)
Ebook Access is available upon purchase.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811205279_0001

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in World Scientific Book Chapters from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tai Tone Lim ().