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dc.contributor.authorSpychiger, Florian-
dc.contributor.authorTasca, Paolo-
dc.contributor.authorTessone, Claudio-
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-28T10:41:39Z-
dc.date.available2021-01-28T10:41:39Z-
dc.date.issued2020-10-
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/21449-
dc.description.abstractThis study covers the evolutionary development of blockchain technologies over the last 11 years (2009 – 2019) and sheds lights on potential areas of innovation in heretofore unexplored subcomponents. For this purpose, we collected and analysed detailed data on 107 different blockchain technologies and studied their component-wise technological evolution. The diversity of their designs was captured by deconstructing the blockchains using the Tasca-Tessone taxonomy (2019) to build what we call the "tree of blockchain" composed of blockchain main and sub-components. With the support of information theory and phylogenetics, we found that most design explorations have been conducted within the components in the areas of consensus mechanisms and cryptographic primitives. We also show that some sub-components like Consensus Immutability and Failure Tolerance, Access and Control layer and Access Supply Management have predictive power over other sub-components. We finally found that few dominant design models - the genetic driving clusters of Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP - influenced the evolutionary paths of most of the succeeding blockchains.de_CH
dc.format.extent21de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherSSRNde_CH
dc.rightsLicence according to publishing contractde_CH
dc.subjectBlockchainde_CH
dc.subjectBlockchain analyticsde_CH
dc.subjectDistributed ledger technologyde_CH
dc.subjectEvolutionde_CH
dc.subjectInformation theoryde_CH
dc.subjectInnovationde_CH
dc.subjectTaxonomyde_CH
dc.subject.ddc005: Computerprogrammierung, Programme und Datende_CH
dc.titleThe tree of blockchainde_CH
dc.typeWorking Paper – Gutachten – Studiede_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Management and Lawde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitute for Organizational Viability (IOV)de_CH
zhaw.publisher.placeRochesterde_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.2139/ssrn.3707260de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-21449-
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zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
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Spychiger, F., Tasca, P., & Tessone, C. (2020). The tree of blockchain. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3707260
Spychiger, F., Tasca, P. and Tessone, C. (2020) The tree of blockchain. Rochester: SSRN. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3707260.
F. Spychiger, P. Tasca, and C. Tessone, “The tree of blockchain,” SSRN, Rochester, Oct. 2020. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3707260.
SPYCHIGER, Florian, Paolo TASCA und Claudio TESSONE, 2020. The tree of blockchain. Rochester: SSRN
Spychiger, Florian, Paolo Tasca, and Claudio Tessone. 2020. “The Tree of Blockchain.” Rochester: SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3707260.
Spychiger, Florian, et al. The Tree of Blockchain. SSRN, Oct. 2020, https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3707260.


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