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Research Perspectives and Challenges for Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies

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Authors: Joseph Bonneau, Andrew Miller, Jeremy Clark, Arvind Narayanan, Joshua A. Kroll and Edward W. Felten
Date: 2015
Publisher: Joseph Bonneau, Andrew Miller, Jeremy Clark, Arvind Narayanan, Joshua A. Kroll and Edward W. Felten
Version: Source cited by the 2015 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0130
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
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This systematisation names the stability and consensus questions, the client problems, and the open research problems as of its date. It is a map, not a new protocol.

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Bonneau, J., Miller, A., Clark, J., Narayanan, A., Kroll, J. A., & Felten, E. W. (2015). Research Perspectives and Challenges for Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies. Joseph Bonneau, Andrew Miller, Jeremy Clark, Arvind Narayanan, Joshua A. Kroll and Edward W. Felten. https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/261

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@techreport{sokbitcoin2015,
  title = {Research Perspectives and Challenges for Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies},
  author = {Joseph Bonneau, Andrew Miller, Jeremy Clark, Arvind Narayanan, Joshua A. Kroll and Edward W. Felten},
  year = {2015},
  institution = {Joseph Bonneau, Andrew Miller, Jeremy Clark, Arvind Narayanan, Joshua A. Kroll and Edward W. Felten},
  url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/261},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/sok-bitcoin}
}

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