Recent developments, including the rebranding of Facebook to Meta, have led to large-
scale media attention on the phenomenon of the Metaverse. Although not being a new …

Bitcoin is a purely online virtual currency, unbacked by either physical commodities or
sovereign obligation; instead, it relies on a combination of cryptographic protection and a …

Subscribing to a techno-utopian discourse replacing institutions and experts with “trust in
code,” digital alternative currency Bitcoin is pitched as a “math-based money” governed by …

This paper explores the sociological and cultural implications of blockchain technology,
specifically focusing on three prominent blockchain ecosystems: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and …

Bitcoin has recently raised substantial attention from a variety of players: media, academia,
and regulators. While the price of Bitcoin has continuously and substantially gone down …

Abstract As the Sharing Economy is emboldened by bitcoin and blockchain network peer-to-
peer transaction processing, the virtuous cycle of efficiency of the Sharing Economy will be …

The bitcoin peer-to-peer network has drawn significant attention from researchers, but so far
has mostly focused on publicly visible portions of the network, ie, publicly reachable peers …

Decentralised topologies and non-discriminatory protocols have been all but replaced by a
recentralisation of infrastructure, as powerful corporations now gatekeep our networks …

While interest in blockchain technology and applications increases, research studying the
role of trust as an element that leads potential users and consumers to adopt and accept the …

Bitcoin is a complex phenomenon, whether in terms of the macro factors affecting its price or
its role in the global energy infrastructure. However, extant literature pays too little attention …