Blockchains and the economic institutions of capitalism

Paper by Sinclair Davidson, Primavera De Filippi, and Jason Potts Accepted in the Journal of Institutional Economics Abstract: Blockchains are a new digital technology that combines peer-to-peer network computing and cryptography to create an immutable decentralised public ledger. When the ledger records money, a blockchain is a cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin. But ledger entries can record … Continue reading Blockchains and the economic institutions of capitalism