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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme

SOE 2: Dynamics of Social and Financial Networks

SOE 2.6: Talk

Monday, March 31, 2014, 11:45–12:00, GÖR 226

Structure and Dynamics of the Bitcoin Transaction Graph — •Kay Hamacher — Depts. of Physics, Computer Science, and Biology, TU Darmstadt

Bitcoin is a decentralized, digital currency that is built upon a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. Monetary transactions are secured by a proof-of-work concept originating in cryptography. Due to this basis, all transaction need to be known to all participants. Therefore, the bitcoin transaction data set is a rich, complete, and consistent data set of a particularly interesting social network, namely one of economic transactions. In this contribution, I want to discuss recent results obtained in a comprehensive study on the structure and the time evolution of the transaction graph.