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Dealing with scientific research, papers, publications, books, theories, laws and the scientific method related to Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies.

Dealing with scientific research, papers, publications, books, theories, laws and the scientific method related to Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies.

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What cryptocurrency systems predate Bitcoin, and how do they differ from it?

Although Bitcoin is certainly making strides as the first cryptocurrency to enter (comparatively) widespread use, cryptocurrency has long been a topic of discussion in fiction and academia. What cryptocurrency systems were in existence prior to…
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Are there scientific studies related to the Bitcoin technology?

Besides “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”, which is more like a brief description of the general framework, are there other ‘scientific or research grade’ studies about Bitcoin technology? Can similar decentralized crypto-currency…
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What prior work influenced the design of the Bitcoin instruction set?

The "Script" system used by Bitcoin transactions is commonly described as a Forth-like, stack-based language. What prior work influenced the design and layout of the Script instruction set? There may have been a research paper or essay about a…
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Colluding miners attack: Is the Bitcoin protocol compromised?

A very interesting academic paper has been recently published by two researches from the Cornell University (abstract, full PDF): Abstract The Bitcoin cryptocurrency records its transactions in a public log called the blockchain. Its security…
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Can bitcoin transaction data be used to study markets?

The nice thing about bitcoin is that it generates partially anonymous data about every single transaction. Can this data be used to gain insight about real-world markets? Or are there some fundamental differences that cannot be accounted for? If…
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Is there a ripple whitepaper?

I'm interested in doing some research on the ripple system. Is there a whitepaper which explains the underlying fundamentals and how they are realised? I know about the Wiki, but that is not citeable in research publications.
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clustering addresses, what's the most effective way?

The Fistful of Bitcoins paper by Meiklejohn et al has some nice heuristics. i.e. HEURISTIC 1. If two (or more) addresses are inputs to the same transaction, they are controlled by the same user; i.e., for any transaction t, all pk ∈ inputs(t) are…
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Does selfish mining actually give an advantage in the absence of transaction fees, difficulty changes, and economic effects?

I am reading the Cornell selfish mining paper. In it, their main argument is that a selfish miner can increase the ratio of the blocks he mines relative to the honest miners. I do not dispute this. However, to my understanding, merely denying others…
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Have bitcoin developers applied the solution for selfish miner attack?

The Majority is not enough paper proposed an academic and somehow practical attack to Bitcoin mining system based on creating hidden forks. The paper claims that if miners work on whichever fork they received first, the attack can be executed by…
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What challenges will bitcoin face in space?

What would the challenges of transacting in outerspace be for bitcoin? What improvements need to be implemented to address these challenges? I'm particularly curious about low-earth orbit.
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Bitcoin Research

I have recently been assigned to advise a student on a senior thesis in math. She has taken linear algebra, introductory real analysis, basic cryptography, and abstract algebra. Her interest is in cryptography. And she has a love of Bitcoin. The…
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Where can I find a survey on different fee estimation algorithms?

I am looking for a comparison or summary of different fee estimation algorithms. Does anyone know of one? I would like to see what the best starting point is in order to see where optimization can be done. From a cursory search, there is…
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Correct Citation Format for a Bitcoin Transaction

When writing an academic style paper where specific bitcoin transactions are used as examples, is there a standard format to "cite" a bitcoin transaction? If not, what do you think an appropriate format would be? What data should be included? …
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Not relaying non-standard transactions

The following statement appears on the "Script" page in the wiki: Note that there is a small number of standard script forms that are relayed from node to node; non-standard scripts are accepted if they are in a block, but nodes will not relay…
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How can one realistically model the distribution of the network's unspent transaction outputs?

I am working on a simulation to explore the usefulness of a patch for the CoinSelection behaviour of BitcoinCore. To that end, I am looking for statistics on the distribution of unspent outputs respective to their value in satoshi. So far, I…
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