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題名 虛擬貨幣和虛擬貨幣經濟實用性分析
An Analysis of the Utility of Cryptocurrencies and the Crypto-Economy
作者 馬蒂森
Mathisen, Kyle Andrew
貢獻者 郭維裕
Kuo, George
馬蒂森
Kyle Andrew Mathisen
關鍵詞 虛擬貨幣
區塊鍊
比特幣
網路效應
加密
cryptocurrency
blockchain
bitcoin
network effects
encryption
日期 2021
上傳時間 4-八月-2021 15:05:46 (UTC+8)
摘要 Cryptocurrencies are a novel consequence of the collision of a myriad of technological achievements: cryptography, computing, digital networks, blockchains, and code. Each of these achievements has contributed a strand of digital DNA that has given rise to remarkable new entities: decentralized, cryptographically secure digital currencies. The aim of this paper is to explore, examine, and articulate the rationale for the classification of this new technology as a currency. Further, to assess the technology, as it stands today, in terms of its suitability for the role it was envisioned to play—that is, a replacement for fiat currency. The methods employed in so doing are to examine the technology and its performance from the classical economic perspective, namely, the fulfilment of the functions of money. This paper also attempts to explore the nature and source of value as it pertains to currencies generally and cryptocurrencies specifically. This was attempted by examining the role network effects play in engendering value for currencies—digital or otherwise. The results of this examination are mixed. While the technology is promising, questions remain as to the role it will be allowed to play in a world where a nation state’s seigniorage remains a power not easily relinquished.
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Antonopoulos, A. M. Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain, 2nd ed. O`Reilly Media, Inc., 41 E University Ave, Champaign, USA, 2017.

Anwar, H. (2021, March 7). Zero Knowledge Proof: A Introductory Guide. 101 Blockchains. https://101blockchains.com/zero-knowledge-proof/#2

Arabnews. (2021, April 18). Turkey bans crypto assets over illegal transaction fears. Arab News. https://www.arabnews.com/node/1845076/business-economy.

Back, Adam. (2002). Hashcash - A Denial of Service Counter-Measure. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2482110_Hashcash_-_A_Denial_of_Service_Counter-Measure

Barragan, J. (2021, March 3). Cryptocurrency Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Report, February 2021. CipherTrace. https://ciphertrace.com/2020-year-end-cryptocurrency-crime-and-anti-money-laundering-report/

Belot, H., & Borys, S. (2017, May 16). WannaCry attack a warning not to stockpile tech threats: Microsoft. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-15/ransomware-attack-to-hit-victims-in-australia-government-says/8526346.

Canellis, D. (2019, July 9). Here’s why Satoshi Nakamoto set Bitcoin’s supply limit to 21 million. TNW | Hardfork. https://thenextweb.com/news/heres-why-satoshi-nakamoto-set-bitcoin-supply-limit-to-21-million#:%7E:text=When%20Satoshi%20Nakamoto%20built%20Bitcoin,to%20(roughly)%2021%20million.

Catalini, Christian and Gans, Joshua S., Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain (April 20, 2019). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2874598, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5191-16, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2874598. or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2874598

Chaum, D. (1982, June). Computer Systems Established, Maintained and Trusted by Mutually Suspicious Groups. Electronics Research Laboratory, University of California.Cohen, F. (1995). - A Short History of Cryptography. Fred Cohen &Associates. Available at: https://web.itu.edu.tr/~orssi/dersler/cryptography/Chap2-1.pdf

Cryptimi. (2021, June 2). Cryptimi | Your Trusted Source In Cryptocurrency. Available at: https://www.cryptimi.com/
FinanceFeeds. (2021, April 29). Roman “Bitcoin Fog” Sterlingov arrested for laundering $336 million. https://financefeeds.com/roman-bitcoin-fog-sterlingov-arrested-laundering-336-million/

Global Cryptocurrency Market Charts. (n.d.). CoinMarketCap. Retrieved May 5, 2021, from https://coinmarketcap.com/charts/

Hern, A. (2020, November 6). US seizes $1bn in bitcoin linked to Silk Road site. The
Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/06/us-seizes-1bn-in-bitcoin-linked-to-silk-road-site.

International Money Fund. Table 1: World Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves. Accessed April 22, 2020. Available at: https://data.imf.org/regular.aspx?key=41175

Keizer, G. (2014, March 1). Bitcoin malware count soars as cryptocurrency value climbs. Computerworld. https://www.computerworld.com/article/2488144/bitcoin-malware-count-soars-as-cryptocurrency-value-climbs.html

Khan, R. (2018, November 6). Part 1: What is the zk-SNARK proof? How does it work? BlockPublisher. https://blockpublisher.com/part-1-what-is-the-zk-snark-proof-how-does-it-work/

Krause, E. (2018, July 5). A Fifth of All Bitcoin Is Missing. These Crypto Hunters Can Help. WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-fifth-of-all-bitcoin-is-missing-these-crypto-hunters-can-help-1530798731

Ligon, C. (2021, June 29). Lawyers for Africrypt’s Missing Founders Say They’ve Been Fired: Report. CoinDesk. Available at: https://www.coindesk.com/lawyers-for-africrypts-missing-founders-say-theyve-been-fired-report

Money Laundering. (n.d.). United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime. Retrieved June 29, 2021, Available at: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/money-laundering/overview.html

Nakamoto, S. (2008) Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. Available at: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

News18. (2021, January 19). Man Wants to Dig up Hard Drive with Bitcoin Worth $280 Million He Threw Away 8 Years Ago. Www.News18.Com. Available at: https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/man-wants-to-dig-up-hard-drive-with-bitcoin-worth-280-million-he-threw-away-8-years-ago-3310391.html

Nilsson, K. (2015, April 19). The missing MtGox bitcoins. Wizsec.Jp. Available at: https://blog.wizsec.jp/2015/04/the-missing-mtgox-bitcoins.html

Peck, M. E. (2016, May 28). Ethereum’s $150-Million Blockchain-Powered Fund Opens Just as Researchers Call For a Halt. IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/ethereums-150-million-dollar-dao-opens-for-business-just-as-researchers-call-for-a-moratorium

Peterson, B. (2017, August 22). IBM wants to use the technology that underlies bitcoin to help prevent major foodborne outbreaks like salmonella. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-and-walmart-are-using-blockchain-in-the-food-supply-chain-2017-8?IR=T.

Peterson, Timothy. Metcalfe`s Law as a Model for Bitcoin`s Value (January 22, 2018). Alternative Investment Analyst Review, Q2 2018, Vol. 7, No. 2, 9-18., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3078248 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3078248

Reeves, S. (2021, March 2). Illegal use of Bitcoin dropped by 50% in 2020, Citibank reports. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-use-bitcoin-dropped-50-2020-citibank-reports-1573263.

Reuters. (2021, March 21). Turkish lira falls 16% after Erdogan sacks central bank chief. Nikkei Asia. Available at: https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Turkish-lira-falls-16-after-Erdogan-sacks-central-bank-chief.

Sherman, A. T., Javani, F., Zhang, H., & Golaszewski, E. (2019). On the Origins and Variations of Blockchain Technologies. IEEE Security & Privacy, 17(1), 72–77. https://doi.org/10.1109/msec.2019.2893730

Statista. (2021, May 17). The 100 biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world on May 17, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/864738/leading-cryptocurrency-exchanges-traders/

Tayeb, Z. (2021, April 20). Bitcoin plummets more than 10% in its biggest drop in months, just days after reaching a record high. Business Insider. Available at: https://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-price-now-plunges-biggest-drop-since-february-record-high-2021-4?international=true&r=US&IR=T#:%7E:text=Bitcoin%20tumbled%20to%20its%20biggest,ET%2C%20from%20%2461%2C396%20to%20%2454%2C750.

The Holy Bible (n.d.). Available at: http://www.gasl.org/refbib/Bible_King_James_Version.pdf

Toksabay, E. (2021, April 16). Bitcoin tumbles after Turkey bans crypto payments citing risks. Reuters. Available at: https://www.reuters.com/technology/turkey-bans-use-cryptocurrencies-payments-sends-bitcoin-down-2021-04-16/.

United Nations, General Assembly, Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities (26 August 2008), available from undocs.org/en/A/63/332. Available at: https://undocs.org/S/2021/68

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LARRY DEAN HARMON, Indictment., Case No.19-cr-00395. Available at: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1249026/download?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Vigna, P., & Casey, M. J. (2015). The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging the Global Economic Order (PICADOR USA). Picador.

Weygandt, J. J., Kieso, D. E., & Kimmel, P. D. (1998). Financial Accounting. New York: Wiley.

Will the dollar lose its throne? Economic fundamentals vs network. (n.d.). Voxeu.Org. Retrieved May 21, 2021, from https://voxeu.org/article/will-dollar-lose-its-throne-economic-fundamentals-vs-network-effects
描述 碩士
國立政治大學
國際經營管理英語碩士學位學程(IMBA)
108933031
資料來源 http://thesis.lib.nccu.edu.tw/record/#G0108933031
資料類型 thesis
dc.contributor.advisor 郭維裕zh_TW
dc.contributor.advisor Kuo, Georgeen_US
dc.contributor.author (作者) 馬蒂森zh_TW
dc.contributor.author (作者) Kyle Andrew Mathisenen_US
dc.creator (作者) 馬蒂森zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Mathisen, Kyle Andrewen_US
dc.date (日期) 2021en_US
dc.date.accessioned 4-八月-2021 15:05:46 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 4-八月-2021 15:05:46 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 4-八月-2021 15:05:46 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier (其他 識別碼) G0108933031en_US
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/136430-
dc.description (描述) 碩士zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 國立政治大學zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 國際經營管理英語碩士學位學程(IMBA)zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 108933031zh_TW
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Cryptocurrencies are a novel consequence of the collision of a myriad of technological achievements: cryptography, computing, digital networks, blockchains, and code. Each of these achievements has contributed a strand of digital DNA that has given rise to remarkable new entities: decentralized, cryptographically secure digital currencies. The aim of this paper is to explore, examine, and articulate the rationale for the classification of this new technology as a currency. Further, to assess the technology, as it stands today, in terms of its suitability for the role it was envisioned to play—that is, a replacement for fiat currency. The methods employed in so doing are to examine the technology and its performance from the classical economic perspective, namely, the fulfilment of the functions of money. This paper also attempts to explore the nature and source of value as it pertains to currencies generally and cryptocurrencies specifically. This was attempted by examining the role network effects play in engendering value for currencies—digital or otherwise. The results of this examination are mixed. While the technology is promising, questions remain as to the role it will be allowed to play in a world where a nation state’s seigniorage remains a power not easily relinquished.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction 1
1.1. Cryptocurrency – A Definition 1
1.2. Origins 2
2. The Nature and Technology of Cryptocurrency 4
2.1. Necessity 4
2.2. What ‘is’ a Cryptocurrency? 5
2.3. The ‘Chain’ and ‘Block’ of a Blockchain. 6
2.4. Blockchain Functionality 9
2.5. Wallets 9
2.6. Asymmetric vs Symmetric Encryption. 11
3. Crypto Wallets: Facilitation and Interaction with the Blockchain. 12
4. Coin Acquisition 14
4.1. Acquiring Cryptocurrency 14
4.2. Purchase 14
4.3. Mining - A Digital Birth 15
5. Consensus Mechanisms 17
5.1. Proof of Work 17
5.2. Proof of Stake 19
5.3. Proof of Authority 19
6. Issuance – How a New Cryptocurrency is Created 21
7. The Value and Utility of Cryptocurrency 22
7.1. The Source of Value 22
7.1.1. Network Effects 24
7.2. Utility 25
7.2.1. Usefulness: Cryptocurrency as Currency. 26
7.2.2. Profitability: Cryptocurrency as an Investment. 32
7.2.3. Benefits of Cryptocurrency 34
8. The Dark Side of Cryptocurrency 41
8.1. The Black Market 41
8.2. Terrorist Financing 42
8.3. Fraud and Money Laundering 42
9. The Crypto-economy 44
9.1. Exchanges 44
9.2. Blockchain Evolution: NFTs and Smart Contracts 44
9.3. DAOs 45
9.4. Distributed Finance (Defi) 45
9.5. Blockchain Applicability 46
10. Conclusion 47
11. References 48
12. Appendix 53
12.1. Appendix A – Top 50 cryptocurrencies 53
12.2. Appendix B: Cryptocurrency Exchanges by Volume $USD 54
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dc.source.uri (資料來源) http://thesis.lib.nccu.edu.tw/record/#G0108933031en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 虛擬貨幣zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 區塊鍊zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 比特幣zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 網路效應zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 加密zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) cryptocurrencyen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) blockchainen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) bitcoinen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) network effectsen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) encryptionen_US
dc.title (題名) 虛擬貨幣和虛擬貨幣經濟實用性分析zh_TW
dc.title (題名) An Analysis of the Utility of Cryptocurrencies and the Crypto-Economyen_US
dc.type (資料類型) thesisen_US
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) Akhtar, T. (2021, April 28). European Investment Bank Issues $121M Digital Notes Using Ethereum. CoinDesk. https://www.coindesk.com/european-investment-bank-issues-121m-digital-notes-using-ethereum

Antonopoulos, A. M. Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain, 2nd ed. O`Reilly Media, Inc., 41 E University Ave, Champaign, USA, 2017.

Anwar, H. (2021, March 7). Zero Knowledge Proof: A Introductory Guide. 101 Blockchains. https://101blockchains.com/zero-knowledge-proof/#2

Arabnews. (2021, April 18). Turkey bans crypto assets over illegal transaction fears. Arab News. https://www.arabnews.com/node/1845076/business-economy.

Back, Adam. (2002). Hashcash - A Denial of Service Counter-Measure. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2482110_Hashcash_-_A_Denial_of_Service_Counter-Measure

Barragan, J. (2021, March 3). Cryptocurrency Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Report, February 2021. CipherTrace. https://ciphertrace.com/2020-year-end-cryptocurrency-crime-and-anti-money-laundering-report/

Belot, H., & Borys, S. (2017, May 16). WannaCry attack a warning not to stockpile tech threats: Microsoft. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-15/ransomware-attack-to-hit-victims-in-australia-government-says/8526346.

Canellis, D. (2019, July 9). Here’s why Satoshi Nakamoto set Bitcoin’s supply limit to 21 million. TNW | Hardfork. https://thenextweb.com/news/heres-why-satoshi-nakamoto-set-bitcoin-supply-limit-to-21-million#:%7E:text=When%20Satoshi%20Nakamoto%20built%20Bitcoin,to%20(roughly)%2021%20million.

Catalini, Christian and Gans, Joshua S., Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain (April 20, 2019). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2874598, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5191-16, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2874598. or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2874598

Chaum, D. (1982, June). Computer Systems Established, Maintained and Trusted by Mutually Suspicious Groups. Electronics Research Laboratory, University of California.Cohen, F. (1995). - A Short History of Cryptography. Fred Cohen &Associates. Available at: https://web.itu.edu.tr/~orssi/dersler/cryptography/Chap2-1.pdf

Cryptimi. (2021, June 2). Cryptimi | Your Trusted Source In Cryptocurrency. Available at: https://www.cryptimi.com/
FinanceFeeds. (2021, April 29). Roman “Bitcoin Fog” Sterlingov arrested for laundering $336 million. https://financefeeds.com/roman-bitcoin-fog-sterlingov-arrested-laundering-336-million/

Global Cryptocurrency Market Charts. (n.d.). CoinMarketCap. Retrieved May 5, 2021, from https://coinmarketcap.com/charts/

Hern, A. (2020, November 6). US seizes $1bn in bitcoin linked to Silk Road site. The
Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/06/us-seizes-1bn-in-bitcoin-linked-to-silk-road-site.

International Money Fund. Table 1: World Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves. Accessed April 22, 2020. Available at: https://data.imf.org/regular.aspx?key=41175

Keizer, G. (2014, March 1). Bitcoin malware count soars as cryptocurrency value climbs. Computerworld. https://www.computerworld.com/article/2488144/bitcoin-malware-count-soars-as-cryptocurrency-value-climbs.html

Khan, R. (2018, November 6). Part 1: What is the zk-SNARK proof? How does it work? BlockPublisher. https://blockpublisher.com/part-1-what-is-the-zk-snark-proof-how-does-it-work/

Krause, E. (2018, July 5). A Fifth of All Bitcoin Is Missing. These Crypto Hunters Can Help. WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-fifth-of-all-bitcoin-is-missing-these-crypto-hunters-can-help-1530798731

Ligon, C. (2021, June 29). Lawyers for Africrypt’s Missing Founders Say They’ve Been Fired: Report. CoinDesk. Available at: https://www.coindesk.com/lawyers-for-africrypts-missing-founders-say-theyve-been-fired-report

Money Laundering. (n.d.). United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime. Retrieved June 29, 2021, Available at: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/money-laundering/overview.html

Nakamoto, S. (2008) Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. Available at: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

News18. (2021, January 19). Man Wants to Dig up Hard Drive with Bitcoin Worth $280 Million He Threw Away 8 Years Ago. Www.News18.Com. Available at: https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/man-wants-to-dig-up-hard-drive-with-bitcoin-worth-280-million-he-threw-away-8-years-ago-3310391.html

Nilsson, K. (2015, April 19). The missing MtGox bitcoins. Wizsec.Jp. Available at: https://blog.wizsec.jp/2015/04/the-missing-mtgox-bitcoins.html

Peck, M. E. (2016, May 28). Ethereum’s $150-Million Blockchain-Powered Fund Opens Just as Researchers Call For a Halt. IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/ethereums-150-million-dollar-dao-opens-for-business-just-as-researchers-call-for-a-moratorium

Peterson, B. (2017, August 22). IBM wants to use the technology that underlies bitcoin to help prevent major foodborne outbreaks like salmonella. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-and-walmart-are-using-blockchain-in-the-food-supply-chain-2017-8?IR=T.

Peterson, Timothy. Metcalfe`s Law as a Model for Bitcoin`s Value (January 22, 2018). Alternative Investment Analyst Review, Q2 2018, Vol. 7, No. 2, 9-18., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3078248 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3078248

Reeves, S. (2021, March 2). Illegal use of Bitcoin dropped by 50% in 2020, Citibank reports. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-use-bitcoin-dropped-50-2020-citibank-reports-1573263.

Reuters. (2021, March 21). Turkish lira falls 16% after Erdogan sacks central bank chief. Nikkei Asia. Available at: https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Turkish-lira-falls-16-after-Erdogan-sacks-central-bank-chief.

Sherman, A. T., Javani, F., Zhang, H., & Golaszewski, E. (2019). On the Origins and Variations of Blockchain Technologies. IEEE Security & Privacy, 17(1), 72–77. https://doi.org/10.1109/msec.2019.2893730

Statista. (2021, May 17). The 100 biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world on May 17, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/864738/leading-cryptocurrency-exchanges-traders/

Tayeb, Z. (2021, April 20). Bitcoin plummets more than 10% in its biggest drop in months, just days after reaching a record high. Business Insider. Available at: https://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-price-now-plunges-biggest-drop-since-february-record-high-2021-4?international=true&r=US&IR=T#:%7E:text=Bitcoin%20tumbled%20to%20its%20biggest,ET%2C%20from%20%2461%2C396%20to%20%2454%2C750.

The Holy Bible (n.d.). Available at: http://www.gasl.org/refbib/Bible_King_James_Version.pdf

Toksabay, E. (2021, April 16). Bitcoin tumbles after Turkey bans crypto payments citing risks. Reuters. Available at: https://www.reuters.com/technology/turkey-bans-use-cryptocurrencies-payments-sends-bitcoin-down-2021-04-16/.

United Nations, General Assembly, Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities (26 August 2008), available from undocs.org/en/A/63/332. Available at: https://undocs.org/S/2021/68

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LARRY DEAN HARMON, Indictment., Case No.19-cr-00395. Available at: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1249026/download?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Vigna, P., & Casey, M. J. (2015). The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging the Global Economic Order (PICADOR USA). Picador.

Weygandt, J. J., Kieso, D. E., & Kimmel, P. D. (1998). Financial Accounting. New York: Wiley.

Will the dollar lose its throne? Economic fundamentals vs network. (n.d.). Voxeu.Org. Retrieved May 21, 2021, from https://voxeu.org/article/will-dollar-lose-its-throne-economic-fundamentals-vs-network-effects
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dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.6814/NCCU202100863en_US