Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain
Authors:
- Christian CataliniCCChristian Catalini
- Joshua S. GansJGJoshua S. Gans
Preprint
- 1 January 2016
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
We rely on economic theory to discuss how blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies will influence the rate and direction of innovation. We identify two key coKeywords
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