A Comparative Analysis of Current Cryptocurrencies

Lara Mauri, Stelvio Cimato, Ernesto Damiani

2018

Abstract

Blockchain technology is having a deep impact on the financial and technical sectors providing a mechanism for the creation of decentralized currencies and a number of applications in different fields. At the core of the technology there is a consensus protocol enabling the maintenance of a distributed ledger. In general current systems are complex schemes that implement a combination of cryptographic algorithm, distributed techniques, and incentive driven behaviour. In this paper we focus on three of the most diffused platforms, i.e. Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum, and provide a comparative analysis of their most important features such as the architecture, the scripting language, the economic and security properties.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Mauri L., Cimato S. and Damiani E. (2018). A Comparative Analysis of Current Cryptocurrencies .In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP, ISBN 978-989-758-282-0, pages 127-138. DOI: 10.5220/0006648801270138

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp18,
author={Lara Mauri and Stelvio Cimato and Ernesto Damiani},
title={A Comparative Analysis of Current Cryptocurrencies },
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,},
year={2018},
pages={127-138},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006648801270138},
isbn={978-989-758-282-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,
TI - A Comparative Analysis of Current Cryptocurrencies
SN - 978-989-758-282-0
AU - Mauri L.
AU - Cimato S.
AU - Damiani E.
PY - 2018
SP - 127
EP - 138
DO - 10.5220/0006648801270138