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What is Full-node

Recent Advances and Applications in Alternative Investments
They form the backbone of the network for that they fully verify the rules enacted by the algorithm and the protocol of the distributed ledger. The requirement and downside is that the entire shared database need to be downloaded and continuously updated.
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Innovation Finance Beyond Bitcoin: Cryptocurrencies as Alternative Investments

Dimitrios Koutsoupakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
Copyright: © 2020 | Pages: 39
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2436-7.ch010

Abstract

Over the past two decades, the diffusion of technological innovations introduced to the finance industry has been inconceivable. Internet, at the end of the 20th century, brought e-commerce, later e-payments, and more recently, e-money. Such innovations in digital world increase the impact on the business world, and so might do cryptocurrencies, currently spreading out across the globe. To this end, this chapter builds up an across-the-board synthesis of current investment trends and analysis, aiming to lead a way forward for research on this uncharted breed of alternative finance assets looming anew.
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