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The Predecessors of Bitcoin and Their Implications for the Prospect of Virtual Currencies

To examine whether the recent price patterns and transaction costs of Bitcoin represent a general characteristic of decentralized virtual currencies, we analyze virtual currencies in online games that have been voluntarily managed by individuals since 1990s. We find that matured game currencies have...

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Autor principal: Kim, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25919027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123071