4 Great Cryptocurrency Research Papers

In this article, we will share a few of the many excellent research papers done by crypto experts, traders and enthusiasts. It would be great if you could make some time and read some of them because they are extremely interesting, educative and informative. Let’s check them out.

1. SoK: Research Perspectives and Challenges For Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies

This research paper is written by multiple authors such as Joseph Bonneau, Andrew Miller Jeremy Clark, Joshua Kroll, Edward Felten and Arvind Narayanan. The authors have done a great job in systemizing the exposition of Bitcoin. They go through a lot of papers, academic sources, online forums etc. The most amazing part is the explanation of a great mystery related to Satoshi Nakamoto which we, of course, won’t tell you what it is. It’s a must-read paper.

2. Eclipse Attacks on Bitcoin’s Peer-to-Peer Network

The paper was presented in August last year on a Security Symposium in DC. The authors are Ethan Heilman, Alison Kendler, Sharon Goldberg and Aviv Zohar. They talk about attacks on bitcoin’s network. Also, how the attacker holds all of the connection whilst isolating the victim from other peers on the network. This way attackers can use the victim’s computing power for malicious purposes.

3. Confidential Transactions

This research paper is written by Gregory Maxwell. In this paper, the author presents a new technique that allows users to hide the value of their payments. At the same time, miners can verify the sum of the transaction made.

4. Does Governance Have a Role in Pricing? Cross-Country Evidence from Bitcoin Markets

Robert Viglione is the writer of this paper as a Ph.D. candidate. He links the relationship between bitcoin price and economic freedom. One of the rare research papers that shows how though bitcoin being highly volatile, it is still generating macroeconomic useful data.