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dc.contributor.authorSpychiger, Florian-
dc.contributor.authorTasca, Paolo-
dc.contributor.authorTessone, Claudio J.-
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-09T08:12:56Z-
dc.date.available2021-07-09T08:12:56Z-
dc.date.issued2021-01-13-
dc.identifier.issn2624-7852de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/22799-
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 sub-components. For this purpose, we collected and analyzed 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 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.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundationde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Blockchainde_CH
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/de_CH
dc.subjectBlockchainde_CH
dc.subjectBlockchain analyticsde_CH
dc.subjectDistributed ledger technologyde_CH
dc.subjectEvolutionde_CH
dc.subject.ddc005: Computerprogrammierung, Programme und Datende_CH
dc.titleUnveiling the importance and evolution of design components through the “tree of blockchain”de_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Management and Lawde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitute for Organizational Viability (IOV)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fbloc.2020.613476de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-22799-
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.issue613476de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume3de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
zhaw.author.additionalNode_CH
zhaw.display.portraitYesde_CH
zhaw.monitoring.costperiod2021de_CH
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Spychiger, F., Tasca, P., & Tessone, C. J. (2021). Unveiling the importance and evolution of design components through the “tree of blockchain”. Frontiers in Blockchain, 3(613476). https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2020.613476
Spychiger, F., Tasca, P. and Tessone, C.J. (2021) ‘Unveiling the importance and evolution of design components through the “tree of blockchain”’, Frontiers in Blockchain, 3(613476). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2020.613476.
F. Spychiger, P. Tasca, and C. J. Tessone, “Unveiling the importance and evolution of design components through the “tree of blockchain”,” Frontiers in Blockchain, vol. 3, no. 613476, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.3389/fbloc.2020.613476.
SPYCHIGER, Florian, Paolo TASCA und Claudio J. TESSONE, 2021. Unveiling the importance and evolution of design components through the “tree of blockchain”. Frontiers in Blockchain. 13 Januar 2021. Bd. 3, Nr. 613476. DOI 10.3389/fbloc.2020.613476
Spychiger, Florian, Paolo Tasca, and Claudio J. Tessone. 2021. “Unveiling the Importance and Evolution of Design Components through the “Tree of Blockchain”.” Frontiers in Blockchain 3 (613476). https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2020.613476.
Spychiger, Florian, et al. “Unveiling the Importance and Evolution of Design Components through the “Tree of Blockchain”.” Frontiers in Blockchain, vol. 3, no. 613476, Jan. 2021, https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2020.613476.


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