Bitcoin and Beyond: A Technical Survey on Decentralized Digital Currencies

作者：Florian Tschorsch, Björn Scheuermann · 发表于：IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · 年份：2016 · DOI：10.1109/comst.2016.2535718 · 被引用次数：1725 · 研究领域：Blockchain Technology Applications and Security、Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting、Advanced Data Storage Technologies

Besides attracting a billion dollar economy, Bitcoin revolutionized the field of digital currencies and influenced many adjacent areas. This also induced significant scientific interest. In this survey, we unroll and structure the manyfold results and research directions. We start by introducing the Bitcoin protocol and its building blocks. From there we continue to explore the design space by discussing existing contributions and results. In the process, we deduce the fundamental structures and insights at the core of the Bitcoin protocol and its applications. As we show and discuss, many key ideas are likewise applicable in various other fields, so that their impact reaches far beyond Bitcoin itself.