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Cryptocurrencies, Systematic Literature Review on Their Current Context and Challenges

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Blockchain and Applications, 4th International Congress (BLOCKCHAIN 2022)

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Abstract

The financial crisis of 2008 breached society’s trust in banks and centralized financial institutions. Bitcoin appeared as a response to those transgressions, proving that the blockchain technology it implements is reliable. Since then, this technology has become widespread in the form of new cryptocurrencies and an increasing number of people have begun to invest in them. In the absence of a body to regulate the cryptocurrency market, users play with and encourage the fluctuations in their price, causing them to be treated as investment assets rather than transaction assets. This work carries out and then discusses a systematic study of the state of the art and of the general challenges faced by cryptocurrencies.

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The research of Yeray Mezquita is supported by the pre-doctoral fellowship from the University of Salamanca and co-funded by Banco Santander. This research was also partially supported by the project “Technological Consortium TO develop sustainability of underwater Cultural heritage (TECTONIC)”. Authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Mezquita, Y., Plaza-Hernández, M., Abbasi, M., Prieto, J. (2023). Cryptocurrencies, Systematic Literature Review on Their Current Context and Challenges. In: Prieto, J., Benítez Martínez, F.L., Ferretti, S., Arroyo Guardeño, D., Tomás Nevado-Batalla, P. (eds) Blockchain and Applications, 4th International Congress . BLOCKCHAIN 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 595. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21229-1_16

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