Bitcoin: Future Transaction Currency?

Altab Hossi ； Sajjad Hosain

《International Journal of Business and Information》 13卷3期 (2018/09) Pp. 385-404

https://doi.org/10.6702/ijbi.201809_13(3).0005

摘要

Bitcoin is a digital cryptocurrency that has attracted substantial interest in recent years from the general public, profit seekers, risk takers, academic practitioners, and, last but not least, economists. Although it is referred to as new, Bitcoin has existed since 2009 and is rooted in technology that goes back even farther. It was the first established cryptocurrency, with the first trade in 2010. Since 2015, Bitcoin has attracted even more attention because of its increase in value and volume of exchange. The Bitcoin system maintains a global, distributed cryptographic ledger of transactions, or blockchain, through a consensus algorithm running on hardware scattered around the world. This paper discusses the nature of cryptocurrency and blockchain, how it works, and the present status of Bitcoin blockchain in different countries around the world. The paper also includes a review of literature on Bitcoin engineering, Bitcoin as currency and the cryptocurrency system, related work on queuing theory, and work on competition and monopoly. The paper explores three possible outcomes with regard to the future prospects of Bitcoin. The various aspects of this technology are yet to be revealed in detail, but the authors hope that this simple, basic, and narrative paper will be helpful to those seeking basic references regarding this newest issue.

關鍵字

Bitcoin ； blockchain ； cryptocurrency ； Internet ； trading ； mining ； block ； transaction

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