Proposal of a methodology for the sustainability assessment of cryptocurrencies

dc.contributor.author Näf, Marco
dc.contributor.author Keller, Thomas
dc.contributor.author Seiler, Roger
dc.date.accessioned 2020-12-24T20:10:25Z
dc.date.available 2020-12-24T20:10:25Z
dc.date.issued 2021-01-05
dc.description.abstract As cryptocurrencies are becoming more and more widespread and their power consumption has caught the attention of the public, it seems worthwhile to investigate their effects on the environment, economy and society. In the scientific literature, a clear focus on the high power consumption of the market-dominating Bitcoin can be seen in the sustainability assessment of cryptocurrencies. In order to build a comprehensive understanding of cryptocurrencies’ sustainability other aspects should be considered as well instead of narrowing down the scope of analysis to power consumption. Therefore, a holistic definition of sustainability in the context of cryptocurrencies is proposed. Building upon this definition a methodology for assessing a cryptocurrencies’ sustainability is derived in this paper and subsequently applied to ten cryptocurrencies.
dc.format.extent 10 pages
dc.identifier.doi 10.24251/HICSS.2021.682
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-9981331-4-0
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/71302
dc.language.iso English
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Blockchain Cases and Innovations
dc.subject blockchain
dc.subject cryptocurrency
dc.subject sustainability
dc.title Proposal of a methodology for the sustainability assessment of cryptocurrencies
prism.startingpage 5617
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