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1、GLOBALCRYPTOCURRENCYBENCHMARKINGSTUDYDrGarrickHileman&MichelRauchs2017Withthesupportof:2GlobalCryptocurrencyBenchmarkingStudyCONTENTSFOREWORDS4RESEARCHTEAM6ACKNOWLEDGMENTS7EXECUTIVESUMMARY10METHODOLOGYANDSTUDYSTRUCTURE11GLOSSARY12SETTINGTHESCENE14EXCHANGES28WALLETS48PAYMENTS68MINING86APPENDICES1
2、06REFERENCESANDENDNOTES1103ForewordsFOREWORDSTheworldofmoneyandinanceistransformingbeforeoureyes.Digiisedassetsandinnovaiveinancialchannels,instrumentsandsystemsarecreaingnewparadigmsforinancialtransacionandforgingalternaiveconduitsofcapital.TheCambridgeCentreforAlternaiveFinance,sinceitsfoundin
3、gin2015,hasbeenattheforefrontofdocumening,analysingandindeedcriicallychallengingthatdigitalinancialtransformaion.ThisGlobalCryptocurrencyBenchmarkingStudyisourinauguralresearchfocusedonalternaivepaymentsystemsanddigitalassets.LedbyDrGarrickHileman,itistheirststudyofitskindtoholisicallyexaminethe
4、burgeoningglobalcryptocurrencyindustryanditskeyconsituents,whichincludeexchanges,wallets,paymentsandmining.Theindingsarebothstrikingandthought-provoking.First,theuseradopionofvariouscryptocurrencieshasreallytakenof,withbillionsinmarketcapandmillionsofwalletsesimatedtohavebeen‘acive’in2016.Second
5、,thecryptocurrencyindustryisbothglobalisedandlocalised,withborderlessexchangeoperaions,aswellasgeographicallyclusteredminingaciviies.Third,theindustryisbecomingmoreluid,asthelinesbetweenexchangesandwalletsareincreasingly‘blurred’andamulitudeofcryptocurrencies,notjustbitcoin,arenowsupportedbyagro
6、wingecosystem,fulillinganarrayoffuncions.Fourth,issuesofsecurityandregulatorycompliancearelikelytoremainprevalentforyearstocome.Ihopethisstudywillprovidevaluetoacademics,praciioners,policymakersandregulatorsalike.WethankVisaverymuchforitsgeneroussupportofindependentacademicresearchinthisimportan
7、tarea.BryanZhangCo-founderandExecuiveDirector(Interim)Blockchainhasreceivedasigniicantamountofanalystandpressatenionoverthelastfewyearsasthisemergingtechnologyholdssigniicantpotenial.Usecasesaremanyandvaried:rangingfromprogr
