Blockchain: Data Malls, Coin Economies and Keyless Payments

Zura Kakushadze and Ronald P. Russo

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Abstract: We discuss several uses of blockchain (and, more generally, distributed ledger) technologies outside of cryptocurrencies with a pragmatic view. We mostly focus on three areas: the role of coin economies for what we refer to as data malls (specialized data marketplaces); data provenance (a historical record of data and its origins); and what we term keyless payments (made without having to know other users' cryptographic keys). We also discuss voting and other areas, and give a sizable list of academic and nonacademic references.

Date: 2018-02, Revised 2018-04
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Published in The Journal of Alternative Investments 21(1) (2018) 8-16

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