Crypto‐coin hierarchies: social contestation in blockchain networks

Traditionally, the energy industry has been slow in adopting new disruptive technologies and the transition to a new energy market will require a new digital transformation plan, involving all parties from the energy market. Although it now seems to be an impossible and hard-to-accept scenario, especially by the big players in the industry, the pilot projects so far demonstrate that blockchain can play a major role in the future energy market, even if the technology is still in the first stages of the adoption life cycle. This article attempts to describe a solution to provide alternative irrigation systems for small farmers. The solution involves creating associations of small farmers that will use green energy from photovoltaic panels for the irrigation of agricultural lands. The efficiency of the proposed system can be monitored not only through digital hardware connected to photovoltaic panels and water pumps, but also by using the new blockchain technology that stimulates innovation and growth in the energy and a high level of automation though smart contracts. To accelerate the transition to the green energy economy, a SolarCoin version similar to the Bitcoin cryptocurrency has also been proposed, which is a utility token that creates new possibilities for energy and water trading.Sustainability 2020, 12, 1540 2 of 30 photovoltaic panels can still be used at high capacity to supplement the energy required to run the farm [4,12,13].Photovoltaic systems are ideal in isolated areas that do not have access to the national energy system. Below, the most important advantages of applying the photovoltaic systems in agriculture have been listed [14-16]:

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“…SolarCoin represents an alternative digital coin that uses a Proof-of-Stake blockchain to stimulate solar electricity production [49][50][51].…”

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Implementing Blockchain Technology in Irrigation Systems That Integrate Photovoltaic Energy Generation Systems

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“…Paired with new encryption methods arising from developments in cryptography, this particular structuring of the blockchain forms the basis for the promotion of initial cryptocurrencies as 'horizontal markets' (Bousfield 2019). The cryptoanarchist and cypherpunk visions underpinning Bitcoin's emergence were both founded on a strong distrust for centralized governance, particularly of financial markets (Hughes 1993;May 1988).…”

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Crypto Crowds

2024

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Ownership of cryptocurrencies features contrasting forms of mobilization. On one hand, it denotes association with a global crowd of unrelated individual investors, which expands as it attracts more members. On the other hand, it includes participation in grassroots communities, which are generally more insular. Crypto Crowds demonstrates how this tension generates political, economic and moral realities in different cultural and geographical contexts. Pioneering in its approach to cryptocurrency trading, this volume will inspire scholars interested in the sociality of decentralized business models, boom-and-bust cycles on the blockchain, libertarian utopias and other postmodern crowding phenomena.

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“…The overall diversification of the blockchain/cryptocurrency space resulted in significant diversification of customized code that allowed alternative cryptocurrencies (e.g., "AltCoins") to proliferate within the early (2009-2017) phases of the cryptographic asset era [83,84]. In the context of asset holding, the logistics of diversification became formidable because of the requirement for cryptocurrencyspecific "wallets" to be deployed for each unique asset.…”

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Novel Cryptocurrency Investment Approaches: Risk Reduction and Diversification through Index Based Strategies

P. Stawicki

2024

Cryptocurrencies - Financial Technologies of the Future

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Cryptocurrency investment approaches continue to evolve rapidly. Traditionally, cryptocurrency holders tend to actively support up to several distinct projects, focusing their selection criteria on specific project characteristics, project team and community, existing markets and liquidity levels, as well as the perception of each unique project’s broadly understood “mission and vision” and “future potential.” In this chapter, we will explore an index-based investment strategy as an alternative to the more traditional single- or oligo-asset approaches. In the index-based paradigm, multi-asset strategy involves equalization and redistribution of risk exposure across multiple, pre-vetted portfolio positions. This strategy, novel to the cryptocurrency space, also involves risk reduction through cost averaging, dilution of cyber security-related risk(s), as well as mitigation of liquidity restrictions related to individual-position market liquidity characteristics. Additional discussion of software platforms, including both custodial and non-custodial wallets, and the associated risk-benefit considerations, will also be included in this manuscript.

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Crypto‐coin hierarchies: social contestation in blockchain networks

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Implementing Blockchain Technology in Irrigation Systems That Integrate Photovoltaic Energy Generation Systems

Implementing Blockchain Technology in Irrigation Systems That Integrate Photovoltaic Energy Generation Systems

Crypto Crowds

Novel Cryptocurrency Investment Approaches: Risk Reduction and Diversification through Index Based Strategies

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