On the Origins and Variations of Blockchain Technologies

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dc.contributor.authorSherman, Alan T.
dc.contributor.authorJavani, Farid
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Haibin
dc.contributor.authorGolaszewski, Enis
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-18T19:12:48Z
dc.date.available2018-12-18T19:12:48Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-15
dc.description.abstractWe explore the origins of blockchain technologies to better understand the enduring needs they address. We identify the five key elements of a blockchain, show embodiments of these elements, and examine how these elements come together to yield important properties in selected systems. To facilitate comparing the many variations of blockchains, we also describe the four crucial roles of blockchain participants common to all blockchains. Our historical exploration highlights the 1979 work of David Chaum whose vault system embodies many of the elements of blockchains.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank Dan Lee, Linda Oliva, and Konstantinos Patsourakos for helpful comments. Sherman was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under SFS Grant 1241576.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://arxiv.org/abs/1810.06130en_US
dc.format.extent14 pagesen_US
dc.genrereportsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2Z60C60N
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/12304
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department
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dc.subjectblockchainen_US
dc.subjectcryptographyen_US
dc.subjectdavid chaum’s vault systemen_US
dc.subjectdigital currencyen_US
dc.subjectdistributed ledger technology (DLT)en_US
dc.subjectcryptographic hashingen_US
dc.subjectproof-of-worken_US
dc.subjectUMBC Cyber Defense Laben_US
dc.titleOn the Origins and Variations of Blockchain Technologiesen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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