Seeding the s-curve? the role of early adopters in diffusion

C Catalini, C Tucker - 2016 - nber.org
ABSTRACT In October 2014, all 4,494 undergraduates at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology were given access to Bitcoin, a decentralized digital currency. As a unique …

Data money makers: An ethnographic analysis of a global cryptocurrency community

K Caliskan - The British Journal of Sociology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Proposed by an unknown young man using the pseudonym Electra01, Electra appeared in
the cryptocurrency markets in 2018. Thanks to its innovative supply mechanism, the money's …

Determining the usability of bitcoin for beginners using change tip and coinbase

A Kazerani, D Rosati, B Lesser - Proceedings of the 35th ACM …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
The purpose of this study is to investigate to what degree usability and user experience are
factors in the uptake and use of bitcoin. This paper investigates whether usability affects …

Fanning money: the cultural economy and participatory politics of Dogecoin

M Brichta - International Journal of Communication, 2023 - ijoc.org
This article explores the cultural economy of Dogecoin. Specifically, it seeks to understand
how a decentralized network of participants cultivates a shared financial imaginary around a …

Bitcoin awareness and usage in Canada

G Nicholls - Canadian Stata Users' Group Meetings 2017, 2017 - ideas.repec.org
There has been a tremendous discussion of Bitcoin, digital currencies, and fintech.
However, there is limited empirical evidence of its adoption and usage. We propose a …

What is coming across the horizon and how can we handle it? bitcoin scenarios as a starting point for rigorous and relevant research

H Treiblmaier - Future Internet, 2022 - mdpi.com
The disruptive impact of blockchain technologies can be felt across numerous industries as
it threatens to disrupt existing business models and economic structures. To better …

Motivations and barriers for end-user adoption of bitcoin as digital currency

W Presthus, NO O'Malley - Procedia Computer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Bitcoin as concept was coined in 2009 and can be described as a partly open and shared
transactional database. What makes bitcoin unique is that for the first time, we can prove and …

Bitcoin usage: Study on bitcoin usage around the world 2020

M Andreianova, S Sonntag, T Antikainen… - The Journal of …, 2021 - World Scientific
Bitcoin usage has grown from zero to hundreds of billions of dollars in just over a decade.
However, the research and studies of bitcoin usage fall short. This is mainly due to the …

Understanding the diffusion and adoption of Bitcoin transaction services: The integrated approach

K Yoo, K Bae, E Park, T Yang - Telematics and Informatics, 2020 - Elsevier
This study proposes a comprehensive user acceptance model for Bitcoin transaction
services, while also statistically presenting how four user-oriented theories (innovation …

From enfant terrible to problem-solver? Tracing the competing discourse to explain blockchain-related technological diffusion

A Perdana, WE Lee, A Robb - Telematics and Informatics, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the inception of blockchain-related technologies over a decade ago, investors' uptake
of the technologies has grown rapidly. But even with the advancement in standing from …