Cryptocurrency
See Blockchain for more information. See also Digital currency.
It’s prone to money loss. Once the private key is lost, it is almost impossible to recover the money. What’d be the rate of money loss? How much is lost?
What would be the distribution of wealth? Would it be similar to the real-world, or even more skewed?
Would the transaction network have a similar structure to other transaction networks? (e.g. credit cards)
Types
Pump & dump
- The Anatomy of a Cryptocurrency Pump-and-Dump Scheme
- Cryptocurrency Pump-and-Dump Schemes
- Identifying and Analyzing Cryptocurrency Manipulations in Social Media