A Taxonomy of Blockchain Technologies: Principles of Identification and Classification

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https://doi.org/10.5195/ledger.2019.140

Abstract

A comparative study across the most widely known blockchain technologies is conducted with a bottom-up approach. Blockchains are deconstructed into their building blocks. Each building block is then hierarchically classified into main and subcomponents. Then, varieties of the subcomponents are identified and compared. A taxonomy tree is used to summarise the study and provide a navigation tool across different blockchain architectural configurations.

Author Biographies

Paolo Tasca, University College London, Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Founder and Executive Director of Centre for Blockchain Technologies at University College London, UK

Claudio J. Tessone, University of Zurich

Assistant Professor of Network Science, University of Zurich.

Co-founder of UZH Blockchain Centre.

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