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An Alternative Paradigm for Developing and Pricing Storage on Smart Contract Platforms
, 2019 Smart contract platforms facilitate the development of important and diverse distributed applications in a simple manner. This simplicity stems from the inherent utility of employing the state of smart contracts to store, query and verify the validity of
Patsonakis, Christos, Roussopoulos, Mema
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Virtual Art and Non-Fungible Tokens [PDF]
, 2022 Fueled in part by the wealth recently created from digital currencies, major art dealers such as Christie\u27s and Sotheby\u27s have embraced the sale of non-fungible tokens attached to unique digital works of art.
Trautman, Lawrence J.
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Fractional Vehicle Ownership and Revenue Generation Through Blockchain Asset Tokenization
Transport and Telecommunication, 2023 The automotive industry is on a continuous transition towards a more sustainable and integrated ecosystem influenced by the fast-paced adoption of Electrical Vehicles (EVs) and the developments of emerging technologies such as Automated Vehicles (AVs ...
Vitelaru Elena, Persia Luca
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Privacy Laws, Genomic Data and Non-Fungible Tokens
The Journal of The British Blockchain Association, 2020 This article analyses the main legal requirements in the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), general data protection regulation (GDPR) and the intersections between privacy laws, genomic data and smart contracts (such as fungible and non-fungible ...
Daniel Uribe, Gisele Waters
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An empirical analysis of smart contracts: platforms, applications, and design patterns
, 2017 Smart contracts are computer programs that can be consistently executed by a network of mutually distrusting nodes, without the arbitration of a trusted authority. Because of their resilience to tampering, smart contracts are appealing in many scenarios,
B Marino +10 more
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Information, 2021 Transparency and accountability are important aspects to any technological endeavor and are popular topics of research as many everyday items have become ‘smart’ and interact with user data on a regular basis.
Kristin Cornelius
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Unnatural Causes: Cryptocurrencies, Carbon Credits, and the rise of Neoliberalism from Below
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Klima is a carbon‐backed cryptocurrency running as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). In 2021, it had accumulated 9 million metric tons of digital carbon credits and reached a market value of more than US$1 billion. In 2023, its treasury stored twice as many carbon credits, but its spot price was a tiny fraction compared to 2021 ...
Riccardo De Cristano, Alexander Paulsson
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NFT Image Plagiarism Check Using EfficientNet-Based Deep Neural Network with Triplet Semi-Hard Loss
Applied Sciences, 2023 Blockchain technology is used to support digital assets such as cryptocurrencies and tokens. Commonly, smart contracts are used to generate tokens on top of the blockchain network.
Aji Teguh Prihatno +4 more
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Maximizing the Economic, Environmental, and Social Impact of the Metaverse
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The metaverse is a transformative digital ecosystem with the potential to redefine economic, environmental, and social systems. This qualitative study examines how the metaverse and its enabling technologies—such as AR/VR, blockchain, and AI—might evolve to influence sustainability. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with global experts and
Alessandro Lanteri +2 more
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Blockchain-based Data Provenance for the Internet of Things
, 2019 As more and more applications and services depend on data collected and provided by Internet of Things (IoT) devices, it is of importance that such data can be trusted.
Bertino E. +5 more
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