Some simple economics of the blockchain

Christian Catalini; Joshua S. Gans

doi:10.1145/3359552

journal article Jun 18, 2020

Some simple economics of the blockchain

Christian Catalini Joshua S. Gans

Communications of the ACM Vol. 63 No. 7 pp. 80-90 · Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

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Blockchain technology can shape innovation and competition in digital platforms, but under what conditions?

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Published: Jun 18, 2020
Vol/Issue: 63(7)
Pages: 80-90
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Authors

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Christian Catalini

MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab, Cambridge, MA

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Joshua S. Gans

University of Toronto, CA

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Christian Catalini, Joshua S. Gans (2020). Some simple economics of the blockchain. Communications of the ACM, 63(7), 80-90. https://doi.org/10.1145/3359552

Some simple economics of the blockchain

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