Bitcoin blockchain: Participants typology
Keywords:
Blockchain, identification pattern, the pattern of a massive structure, miners, mining pools, markets, aggregators of exchangers, OTC, exchange offices, AML/CFTAbstract
The paper describes the classification and criteria for blockchain environment participants. The overview of the main types of blockchain participants is essential for the understanding of blockchain social and economic behaviour. It structured in the description of the several patterns which is often generated inside the Bitcoin blockchain and the list of the economic entities with the criteria of their behaviour. The paper gives the view on the different types of blockchain entities both from outside and inside the blockchain. Also, the paper lists the possible risks of criminal behaviour corresponding to every entity.
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