Cryptocurrencies

What the most popular cryptocurrency currencies are and what they are used for (in Spanish).

A tool that calculates the exchange rate between a currency and a cryptocurrency.

An explanation (in Spanish) of what tokens are and what they are for.

A guide looking at the various decentralized cryptocurrencies.

A study focusing on predicting the value of bitcoin and the problems that this involves.

_{Erfain, S. [Sahar], Zhou, Y. [Yewang], Razzaq, A. [Amar], Abbas, A. [Azhar], Safeer, A. A. [Asig Ali] i Li, T. [Teng]. (2022) Predicting Bitcoin (BTC) price in the context of economic theories: a machine learning approach. Entropy, 24(10), 14-87. https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/ 34CSUC_UOC/166h2gj/cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_0ecc5d47345d455088b2f4b04a90f689}

An analysis of the Ethereum network, its structure and prediction.

_{Said, A. [Anwar], Janjua, M. U. [Muhammad Umar], Hassan, S. [Saeed-Ul], Muzammal, Z. [Zeeschan], Saleem, T. [Tania], Thaipisutijul, T. [Tipajin], Tuarob, S. [Suppawong] i Nawaz, R. [Raheel]. (2021). Detailed analysis of Ethereum network on transaction behavior, community structure and link prediction. PeerJ Computer Science, 7, 1-26. https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/ 34CSUC_UOC/166h2gj/cdi_proquest_journals_2608619026}

A guide to understanding how bitcoin and blockchains work, as well as the security of bitcoin and its applications.

A guide that explains what Ethereum, cryptography, Smart Contracts and tokens are.

_{Antonopoulos, A. [Andreas]. (2019). Mastering Ethereum: building smart contracts and DApps. O'Reilly Media, Inc. https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/ 34CSUC_UOC/1asfcbc/alma991000734754506712}

Víctor Garcia-Font explains exactly what NFTs are in this post from the Tecnología++ blog.

A brief guide to blockchain technology and what it involves in the use of cryptocurrencies.

A comprehensive explanation in Spanish for understanding what blockchains are, how they work and their applications.

An article dealing with the limitations associated with the lack of interoperability of blockchains.

_{Caldarelli, G. [Giulio]. (2022). Wrapping trust for interoperability: a preliminary study of wrapped tokens. Information, 13(1), 1-26. https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/ 34CSUC_UOC/166h2gj/cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_79fc6203a1bb47e4bbf3e5c4246c87f0}

An article discussing the disadvantages of blockchain based on collective collaboration and proposing new methods to make it possible.

_{Li, C. [Chunxiao], Qu, X. [Xidi] i Guo, Y. [Yu]. (2021). TFCrowd: a blockchain-based crowdsourcing framework with enhanced trustworthiness and fairness. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 1, 1-20. https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/ 34CSUC_UOC/166h2gj/cdi_springer_journals_10_1186_s13638_021_02040_z}

A literature review on the interoperability of the different ecosystems that form blockchains.

_{Mohanty, D. [Debasis], Anand, D. [Divya], Aljahdali, H. M. [Hani Moaiteq] i Villar, S. G. [Santos Gracia]. (2022). Blockchain interoperability: towards a sustainable payment system. Sustainability, 14(2), 913-932. https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/ 34CSUC_UOC/166h2gj/cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_2dd6e2822e2e410ba64d300a77990955}

In this post from the Tecnología++ blog, the faculty members Víctor Garcia-Font and Cristina Pérez explain the workings and applications of blockchain.

A study of the trends in cryptocurrencies in the digital economy, and the disadvantages of their application.

An article discussing the hazards of the technology that cryptocurrencies are based on, such as malicious scripts and illegal mining.

_{Hernandez Suarez, A. [Aldo], Sánchez Pérez, G. [Gabriel], Toscano Medina, L. [Linda], Olivares Mercado, J. [Jesús], Portillo Portilo, J. [Jose], Avalos, J. G. [Juan Gerardo] i García Villalba, L. J. [Luis Javier]. (2022). Detecting crytojacking web threats: an approach with autoencoders and deep dense neural networks. Applied sciences, 12(7), 3234-3263. https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/ 34CSUC_UOC/166h2gj/cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b27bda3e3e474f2091172a67d6aa84a7}

An article examining the most common types of fraud and proposing a method for identifying unusual patterns among users.

_{Shayegan, M. J. [Mohammad Javad], Sabor, H. R. [Hamid Reza], Uddin, M. [Mueen] i Chen, C. L. [Ching-Ling]. (2022). A collective anomaly detection technique to detect crypto wallet frauds on Bitcoin network. Symmetry, 14(2), 328-342. https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/ 34CSUC_UOC/166h2gj/cdi_crossref_primary_10_3390_sym14020328}

An article discussing the security of cryptocurrencies and the applicable laws in different countries.

_{Stepanov, O. [Oleg] i Pechegin, D. [Denis]. (2019). Criminal law measures of ensuring the security of the crypto sphere. Bratislava Law Review, 3(1), 155-162. https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/ 34CSUC_UOC/166h2gj/cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_725cfca7e43246239ad3a61caa0d8f61}

In this Faculty of Economics and Business blog post, the UOC faculty member Albert Puig looks at the implications of cryptocurrencies for the economy.

An analysis of the digital and environmental footprint created by cryptocurrencies.

An analysis of energy consumption by blockchain technology in different sectors of the economy, and the sustainable alternative to current mining.

_{Islam, R. [Rafiqul], Rashid, M. M. [Muhammad Mahbubur], Rahman, M. A. [Mohammed Ataur], Mohamad, M. [Muslim Har Sani Bin] i Embong, A. [Abd Halim Bin]. (2022). A comprehensive analysis of blockchain-based cryptocurrency mining impact on energy consumption. International journal of advanced computer science & applications, 13(4), 590-598. https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/ 34CSUC_UOC/166h2gj/cdi_proquest_journals_2670743016}

A study testing dogecoin mining with renewable energy.

_{Gundaboina, L. [Lokesh], Badotra, S. [Sumit], Bhatia, T. K. [Tarandeep Kaur], Sharma, K. [Kulbhushan], Mehmood, G. [Gulzar], Fayaz, M. [Muhammad], Khan, I. U. [Inam Ullah], Azeem, I. [Irshad] i Irshad, A. [Azeem]. (2022). Mining cryptocurrency-based secutiry using renewable energy as source. Security and communication networks. 1-13. https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/ 34CSUC_UOC/166h2gj/cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8d022326c1c94b86baa4918aae46d8a6}

An extract from a radio programme in which professor Xavier Sala-i-Martín talks (in Catalan) about the volatility of bitcoin and the speculation surrounding it.

A podcast describing the recent Ethereum merger and how this affects the crypto market and economy.

An audio series telling the story of the multi-million dollar robbery by cryptocurrency fraudster Ruja Ignatova.

A documentary (in Catalan) following various cryptocurrency investors, looking at their experiences and projects.

Why did stocks, bitcoin and other cryptoassets all crash at the same time? The finance expert Elisabet Ruiz Dotras explains it in this post in the UOC's Faculty of Economics and Business blog.

This article (in Spanish) explains how the bankruptcy of the FTX trading platform has disrupted the world of cryptocurrencies.