Researchers earn credibility by surviving peer review. When scientists submit papers to journals, experts read them and hunt for mistakes. If the work withstands that scrutiny, the journal publishes i
Researchers earn credibility by surviving peer review. When scientists submit papers to journals, experts read them and hunt for mistakes. If the work withstands that scrutiny, the journal publishes it. The process takes months or years. Papers appear in print long after submission, and television brings the findings to wider audiences.
Cryptocurrency now has its first peer-reviewed journal. Coin Center, MIT's media lab, and the University of Pittsburgh launched Ledger. They want submissions covering protocol design, market dynamics, and related topics.
Bitcoin includes some peer review already. Open-source development means anyone can propose code changes. Developers use the development mailing list to debate whether changes work. They examine proposals again when someone submits code to GitHub. Developers block merging without thorough examination.
Altcoins skip this structure. New coins appear every week claiming revolutionary features. Reddit and Bitcointalk pit informed observers against developers with skin in the game and bad-faith actors. Picking out reliable information demands experience. A journal with real editorial standards would solve this. Investors would have credible analysis to consult. Developers could get honest feedback from qualified reviewers instead of forum crowds with competing interests.
Ledger's board came from Oxford, Cornell, Stanford, MIT, Duke, and New York Law School. Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin sits on it. Coin Center's Jerry Brito does too. The Bitcoin development list serves Bitcoin fine. It doesn't handle cryptocurrency research more broadly.
This won't grab headlines. It deserves attention anyway. The alternative is an industry drowning in hype and garbage information. Ledger could show what programmable money can do.
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