Unit:
Department of Informatics and TelecommunicationsΠληροφορική
Author:
VRETTOU, TRACHANAS IOANNA, GEORGIOS
Supervisors info:
Λάζαρος Μεράκος
Original Title:
Κρυπτονομίσματα Τεχνικά χαρακτηριστικά και συγκριτική μελέτη
Translated title:
Cryptocurrencies Technical characteristics and comparative study
Summary:
This BSc Thesis presents the technical characteristics of selected cryptocurrencies and how they are being used. Our research focused on the specific coins and altcoins: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Dash, Namecoin and Libra. Our purpose is to evaluate and compare those coins, based on a set of criteria that we chose. Why they were invented and what was the purpose? How does their blockchain work and how new blocks are being added in the chain? How new coins are being minted? In which way transactions are performed and how they are validated? How consensus works? What is the current market capitalization and if they support smart contracts? In order to make this possible we utilized a lot of scientific articles, the whitepapers of the coins and scientific studies on the way that cryptocurrencies are performed.
Main subject category:
Technology - Computer science
Keywords:
Blockchain, bitcoin, peer-to-peer system, ledger, mining, transaction, consensus mechanisms
