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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |