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The Economic Dependency of the Bitcoin Security

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  • Pavel Ciaian
  • d'Artis Kancs
  • Miroslava Rajcaniova

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We study to what extent the Bitcoin blockchain security permanently depends on the underlying distribution of cryptocurrency market outcomes. We use daily blockchain and Bitcoin data for 2014-2019 and employ the ARDL approach. We test three equilibrium hypotheses: (i) sensitivity of the Bitcoin blockchain to mining reward; (ii) security outcomes of the Bitcoin blockchain and the proof-of-work cost; and (iii) the speed of adjustment of the Bitcoin blockchain security to deviations from the equilibrium path. Our results suggest that the Bitcoin price and mining rewards are intrinsically linked to Bitcoin security outcomes. The Bitcoin blockchain security’s dependency on mining costs is geographically differenced – it is more significant for the global mining leader China than for other world regions. After input or output price shocks, the Bitcoin blockchain security reverts to its equilibrium security level.

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  • Pavel Ciaian & d'Artis Kancs & Miroslava Rajcaniova, 2021. "The Economic Dependency of the Bitcoin Security," EERI Research Paper Series EERI RP 2021/01, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels.
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    Keywords

    Bitcoin; blockchain; proof-of-work; ARDL; institutional governance technology;
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    JEL classification:

    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • G29 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Other

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