Alternative Coins & Systems


Creating a Useful NFT

Download the relevant code as a ZIP/RAR file here. The concept of a non-fungible token (NFT) has been used to

Papers Associated with Bitcoin and Related Topics in Law: Part XX

Christensen (2006) introduced a theory of disruption that sought to explain disruptive technologies in a manner analogous to that of

Papers Associated with Bitcoin and Related Topics in Law: Part XVIII

Wang et al. (2020) look at the development of the Internet of things (IoT) as the structure for creating more

Papers Associated with Bitcoin and Related Topics in Law: Part XVII

Burns (2022) says that the primary motivation behind Bitcoin was to disrupt money by allowing faster and more secure forms

Paper Critique: ‘The Birth of Crypto Place on the Blockchain’

Zhao, B., & Huang, X. (2020). Encrypted monument: The birth of crypto place on the blockchain. Geoforum, 116, 149–152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.08.011

Papers Associated with Bitcoin and Related Topics in Law: Part XVI

Many cypherpunk activists claim Bitcoin as their own (Golumbia, 2016). In their analysis, the authors take the crypto anarchy and

Measuring Lightning

Abstract This paper presents preliminary research into the BTC Lightning Network. By modelling transaction reuse and mapping the reuse of

Papers Associated with Bitcoin and Related Topics in Law: Part XV

In examining the literature surrounding the perception of blockchain technology as businesses understand it, multiple problems can be discerned. For

Defining Protocol

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) of the internet has functioned for decades. It was originally constructed using the statements by

Papers Associated with Bitcoin and Related Topics in Law: Part XIV

I have looked at a number of papers where the authors are investigating or starting to question the concept of

Papers Associated with Bitcoin and Related Topics in Law: Part XIII

Simplified payment verification (SPV) was first discussed in the Bitcoin white paper (Wright, 2008), and was taken up by other

Papers Associated with Bitcoin and Related Topics in Law: Part XII

De Filippi et al. (2022) created a seemingly well-argued academic research paper focused on the means by which distributed blockchain-based

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