Research Theme: Incentives & Governance

Discover the posts related to Incentives & Governance produced by the team from the Blockchain@X research center at Ecole Polytechnique.

Practical Solutions to save Bitcoins applied to an Identity system proposal

In a recent work by Augot et al. (2017), a scheme is proposed to build an identity system on top of the Bitcoin network. However, this proposal incurs very high costs since Bitcoin transactions require heavy fees. The current work...

Central Bank Digital Currency : Central Banking for all ?

The introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) allows the central bank to engage in large-scale intermediation by competing with private financial intermediaries for deposits. Yet, since a central bank is not an investment expert, it cannot invest in...

Some Simple Bitcoin Economics

In a novel model of an endowment economy, we analyze coexistence and competition between traditional fiat money (Dollar) and another intrinsically worthless medium of exchange, not controlled by a central bank, such as Bitcoin. Agents can trade consumption goods in...

Cryptocurrencies, Currency Competition and the impossible Trinity

We analyze a two-country economy with complete markets, featuring two national currencies as well as a global (crypto)currency. If the global currency is used in both countries, the national nominal interest rates must be equal and the exchange rate between...

Cluster Day Blockchain and Army

Le mercredi 3 juillet, sur le campus Palaiseau de l’Ecole Polytechnique, sept équipes ont présenté leurs maquettes pour répondre aux trois cas pratiques métiers retenus pour cette première édition...

Practical Solutions to save Bitcoins applied to an Identity system proposal

In a recent work by Augot et al. (2017), a scheme is proposed to build an identity system on top of the Bitcoin network. However, this proposal incurs very high costs since Bitcoin transactions require heavy fees. The current work...

Central Bank Digital Currency : Central Banking for all ?

The introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) allows the central bank to engage in large-scale intermediation by competing with private financial intermediaries for deposits. Yet, since a central bank is not an investment expert, it cannot invest in...

Some Simple Bitcoin Economics

In a novel model of an endowment economy, we analyze coexistence and competition between traditional fiat money (Dollar) and another intrinsically worthless medium of exchange, not controlled by a central bank, such as Bitcoin. Agents can trade consumption goods in...

Cryptocurrencies, Currency Competition and the impossible Trinity

We analyze a two-country economy with complete markets, featuring two national currencies as well as a global (crypto)currency. If the global currency is used in both countries, the national nominal interest rates must be equal and the exchange rate between...

Cluster Day Blockchain and Army

Le mercredi 3 juillet, sur le campus Palaiseau de l’Ecole Polytechnique, sept équipes ont présenté leurs maquettes pour répondre aux trois cas pratiques métiers retenus pour cette première édition...

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