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To Token or not to Token: Tools for Understanding Blockchain Tokens

Oliveira, Luis; Zavolokina, Liudmila; Bauer, Ingrid; Schwabe, Gerhard (2018). To Token or not to Token: Tools for Understanding Blockchain Tokens. In: International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS 2018), San Francisco, USA, 12 December 2018 - 16 December 2018, ICIS.

Abstract

The growing usage of tokens in real-world blockchain projects – mostly visible in ICOs – has unveiled the need to understand what blockchain tokens in fact represent and how they relate to their underlying business model. Previous research has contributed to this gap but often lacks a comprehensive understanding of tokens and their design as well as of the growing and rapidly-changing complexity in token landscape. This has crucial implications for assessing tokens' value and utility. Applying a structured, scientific approach towards blockchain tokens, we provide a comprehensive token classification and a decision-aid on token design. This is based on a literature review and an empirical study to cover this research gap. Our work offers a novel contribution in an emerging field within the Blockchain research domain and proposes structured analytical tools which can be used by both practitioners and researchers.

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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper), refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:03 Faculty of Economics > Department of Informatics
Dewey Decimal Classification:000 Computer science, knowledge & systems
Scopus Subject Areas:Physical Sciences > Computer Science Applications
Social Sciences & Humanities > Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Social Sciences & Humanities > Library and Information Sciences
Physical Sciences > Applied Mathematics
Scope:Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)
Language:English
Event End Date:16 December 2018
Deposited On:13 Nov 2018 17:23
Last Modified:06 Mar 2024 14:27
Publisher:ICIS
OA Status:Green
Free access at:Official URL. An embargo period may apply.
Official URL:https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2018/crypto/Presentations/5/
Other Identification Number:merlin-id:16910
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