{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3013823633","doi":null,"title":"Cryptocurrencies and beyond : using design science research to demonstrate diverse applications of blockchains","display_name":"Cryptocurrencies and beyond : using design science research to demonstrate diverse applications of blockchains","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-03-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3013823633","mag":"3013823633"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:sro.sussex.ac.uk:90377","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/90377/1/Huckle%2C%20Steven.pdf","pdf_url":"http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/90377/1/Huckle%2C%20Steven.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400129","display_name":"Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I162608824","host_organization_name":"University of Sussex","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162608824"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"public-domain","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/public-domain","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/90377/1/Huckle%2C%20Steven.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031081389","display_name":"Steve Huckle","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2298-8913","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2298-8913"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Steve Huckle","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2298-8913","affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5031081389"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13913","display_name":"Blockchain Technology in Education and Learning","score":0.0003000000142492354,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13475","display_name":"Digital Transformation in Law","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3308","display_name":"Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/blockchain","display_name":"blockchain","score":0.8230000138282776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cryptocurrency","display_name":"cryptocurrency","score":0.7379999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/smart-contracts","display_name":"smart contracts","score":0.7210000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/energy-consumption-reduction","display_name":"energy consumption reduction","score":0.6320000290870667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/energy-efficiency-incentives","display_name":"energy efficiency incentives","score":0.640999972820282},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/financial-fraud","display_name":"financial fraud","score":0.6520000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fake-news","display_name":"fake news","score":0.6880000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/digital-provenance","display_name":"digital provenance","score":0.8569999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/humanitarian-aid","display_name":"humanitarian aid","score":0.6449999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/commons-based-peer-production","display_name":"commons-based peer production","score":0.8899999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/decentralized-governance","display_name":"decentralized governance","score":0.8169999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technological-determinism","display_name":"technological determinism","score":0.9440000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/blockchain-regulation","display_name":"blockchain regulation","score":0.699999988079071}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180706569","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13479982","display_name":"Cryptocurrency","level":2,"score":0.7905636429786682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778757428","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1250464","display_name":"Realm","level":2,"score":0.5413079857826233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779687700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20514253","display_name":"Blockchain","level":2,"score":0.5324878096580505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39389867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380767","display_name":"Corporate governance","level":2,"score":0.5042425394058228},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49427245","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9828451","display_name":"Commons","level":2,"score":0.4916144013404846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36503486","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11235244","display_name":"Domain (mathematical analysis)","level":2,"score":0.4833628535270691},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780422510","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17027938","display_name":"Humanity","level":2,"score":0.45648595690727234},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.4329252541065216},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.39908871054649353},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.37384772300720215},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.360693097114563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108827166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175975","display_name":"Internet privacy","level":1,"score":0.3443838357925415},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.32670509815216064},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.1649785041809082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:sro.sussex.ac.uk:90377","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/90377/1/Huckle%2C%20Steven.pdf","pdf_url":"http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/90377/1/Huckle%2C%20Steven.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400129","display_name":"Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I162608824","host_organization_name":"University of Sussex","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162608824"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"public-domain","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/public-domain","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"pmh:oai:figshare.com:article/23476010","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Cryptocurrencies_and_beyond_using_design_science_research_to_demonstrate_diverse_applications_of_blockchains/23476010","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196282","display_name":"Figshare","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210132348","host_organization_name":"Figshare (United Kingdom)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210132348"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"mag:3013823633","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.801065","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:sro.sussex.ac.uk:90377","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/90377/1/Huckle%2C%20Steven.pdf","pdf_url":"http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/90377/1/Huckle%2C%20Steven.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400129","display_name":"Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I162608824","host_organization_name":"University of Sussex","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162608824"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"public-domain","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/public-domain","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.7207000255584717,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3013823633.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3013823633.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":85,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W4400945","https://openalex.org/W13821285","https://openalex.org/W21994910","https://openalex.org/W24762504","https://openalex.org/W247549038","https://openalex.org/W590184903","https://openalex.org/W602224805","https://openalex.org/W893234787","https://openalex.org/W1276866904","https://openalex.org/W1428606248","https://openalex.org/W1519348862","https://openalex.org/W1542932561","https://openalex.org/W1553435762","https://openalex.org/W1565146988","https://openalex.org/W1572121405","https://openalex.org/W1601001795","https://openalex.org/W1804644284","https://openalex.org/W1896125358","https://openalex.org/W1968869144","https://openalex.org/W1971664625","https://openalex.org/W1979572581","https://openalex.org/W1980073965","https://openalex.org/W1982292616","https://openalex.org/W1987002300","https://openalex.org/W1997691269","https://openalex.org/W2000049702","https://openalex.org/W2003214215","https://openalex.org/W2016194249","https://openalex.org/W2029151177","https://openalex.org/W2037444726","https://openalex.org/W2041998895","https://openalex.org/W2047717844","https://openalex.org/W2055032349","https://openalex.org/W2066897824","https://openalex.org/W2089776166","https://openalex.org/W2090004551","https://openalex.org/W2097760802","https://openalex.org/W2102064986","https://openalex.org/W2108221308","https://openalex.org/W2118549945","https://openalex.org/W2125635754","https://openalex.org/W2126087831","https://openalex.org/W2132334337","https://openalex.org/W2158076255","https://openalex.org/W2163388342","https://openalex.org/W2169571673","https://openalex.org/W2172169275","https://openalex.org/W2175723801","https://openalex.org/W2182442992","https://openalex.org/W2226396244","https://openalex.org/W2252350410","https://openalex.org/W2338397756","https://openalex.org/W2395325225","https://openalex.org/W2481790910","https://openalex.org/W2522324130","https://openalex.org/W2537087829","https://openalex.org/W2541683443","https://openalex.org/W2587430355","https://openalex.org/W2592915203","https://openalex.org/W2736054604","https://openalex.org/W2742330194","https://openalex.org/W2772455221","https://openalex.org/W2775740495","https://openalex.org/W2798862961","https://openalex.org/W2799345028","https://openalex.org/W2893220786","https://openalex.org/W2898441276","https://openalex.org/W2900295272","https://openalex.org/W2910172717","https://openalex.org/W2912744373","https://openalex.org/W2920242504","https://openalex.org/W2921921219","https://openalex.org/W2945824599","https://openalex.org/W2953619382","https://openalex.org/W3036185986","https://openalex.org/W3101940090","https://openalex.org/W3104446684","https://openalex.org/W3124635820","https://openalex.org/W3129007418","https://openalex.org/W3137092842","https://openalex.org/W3137220996","https://openalex.org/W3145345180","https://openalex.org/W3151447477","https://openalex.org/W3170999623","https://openalex.org/W4251809971"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W6945946510","https://openalex.org/W2935142771","https://openalex.org/W6991427133","https://openalex.org/W6894357072","https://openalex.org/W6941109134","https://openalex.org/W6959866418","https://openalex.org/W3033730668","https://openalex.org/W7020093193","https://openalex.org/W2940482950","https://openalex.org/W3157411599"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0,111,187],"thesis":[1,112,180,239,308],"investigates":[2],"blockchain":[3],"technology":[4,69,321],"and":[5,11,48,172,221,262,280,302,316,328],"whether":[6,120,130,141,152,182],"its":[7,256],"mutually":[8],"cooperative":[9],"topology":[10],"commons-based":[12],"peer":[13],"production":[14],"practices":[15],"have":[16,60,104,259],"implications":[17,310],"for":[18,73,211,311],"society":[19,252],"because,":[20,322],"instead":[21],"of":[22,28,35,38,45,52,56,67,77,92,158,178,193,255,278,339],"the":[23,39,42,46,53,63,68,78,83,88,135,174,190,268,314,325],"traditional":[24],"top-down,":[25],"centralised":[26],"model":[27],"governance,":[29],"blockchains":[30,121,131,142,153,183,194,242,258,271],"represent":[31],"an":[32],"alternative":[33],"way":[34],"collaborating.":[36],"Much":[37],"literature":[40,198],"anticipates":[41],"vast":[43],"potential":[44,192],"permanent":[47],"publicly":[49],"auditable":[50],"nature":[51],"propagated":[54],"values":[55],"blockchains.":[57],"Indeed,":[58],"writers":[59],"supposed":[61,191],"that":[62,76,101,208,241,270,284,330],"smart":[64],"contract":[65],"capabilities":[66],"may":[70,343],"prove":[71],"revolutionary":[72],"areas":[74],"beyond":[75,100],"economic":[79,102],"domain":[80],"targeted":[81],"by":[82,196,199,292,320],"cryptocurrency":[84],"Bitcoin,":[85],"which":[86],"is":[87,275,286],"first":[89,118],"successful":[90],"use-case":[91],"a":[93,276],"blockchain.":[94],"However,":[95,246],"few":[96],"advanced":[97],"use":[98],"cases":[99],"realm":[103],"materialised;":[105],"this":[106,179,238,281,307],"research":[107,115,176,203,282],"demonstrates":[108],"such":[109],"usecases.":[110],"asks":[113,119,129,140,151],"four":[114,164,235],"questions.":[116],"The":[117,127,138,148],"can":[122,132,143,154,184,243,272],"help":[123,133,144,155,185,244,251,273],"reduce":[124],"energy":[125,213],"consumption.":[126],"second":[128],"digitise":[134],"informal":[136],"sector.":[137],"third":[139],"counter":[145],"fake":[146],"news.":[147],"final":[149],"question":[150,177],"address":[156,253],"criticisms":[157],"humanitarian":[159,225],"aid.":[160],"Those":[161],"topics":[162],"are":[163,249],"amongst":[165],"many":[166],"urgent":[167],"problems":[168],"currently":[169],"facing":[170],"humankind,":[171],"therefore,":[173],"overarching":[175],"becomes":[181],"humanity.":[186,245],"work":[188],"advances":[189],"proposed":[195],"current":[197],"using":[200],"design":[201],"science":[202],"to":[204,224,250,265,288,333,336,346,348],"create":[205],"software":[206,231],"artefacts":[207],"propose":[209],"solutions":[210,232],"incentivising":[212],"efficiency,":[214],"fighting":[215],"financial":[216],"fraud,":[217],"providing":[218],"digital":[219],"provenance":[220],"adding":[222],"trust":[223],"aid":[226],"reporting.":[227],"By":[228],"demonstrating":[229],"blockchain-based":[230],"in":[233],"those":[234],"topic":[236],"areas,":[237],"concludes":[240,283],"if":[247],"they":[248],"some":[254],"problems,":[257],"significant":[260],"technological":[261],"organisational":[263],"barriers":[264,315],"overcome.":[266],"Furthermore,":[267],"idea":[269],"humanity":[274],"form":[277],"techno-determinism":[279],"it":[285,342],"impossible":[287],"solve":[289],"every":[290],"issue":[291],"diversifying":[293],"technical":[294],"operations;":[295],"humankind":[296],"must":[297],"also":[298],"change":[299],"political,":[300],"economic,":[301],"cultural":[303],"goals,":[304],"too.":[305],"Nevertheless,":[306],"has":[309],"regulators,":[312],"despite":[313],"false":[317],"solutionism":[318],"offered":[319],"rather":[323],"than":[324],"trusted":[326],"lawmakers":[327],"experts":[329],"nations":[331],"used":[332],"look":[334,347],"up":[335],"as":[337],"oracles":[338],"truth,":[340],"now":[341],"be":[344],"possible":[345],"blockchains,":[349],"instead.":[350]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2020-04-03T00:00:00"}