ABSTRACT

We investigate the phenomenon of solidarity cryptocurrencies by combining the societal and communitarian aspects of the traditional community currencies with the the blockchain architecture chosen in a cryptocurrency project. We classify and analyze 20 selected solidarity cryptocurrencies from different countries according to three critical aspects of solidarity cryptocurrencies: scale, territorial scope and price stability. Analysis of these aspects is critical to understand the solidarity cryptocurrency concept that connects the originally separated universes of traditional community currencies and cryptocurrencies. This paper contributes to explain the emergent solidarity cryptocurrencies phenomenon by describing particular types captured by our classification. The main findings about solidarity cryptocurrencies in this study are, first, the alignment between type of governance and the respective architecture platform; second, those with closed governance are more likely to be pegged on fiat currencies or other stable measures; third, those focused on local issues tend to have a higher level of adoption.

摘要

我们通过将传统社区货币的社会和社区方面与加密货币项目中​​选择的区块链架构相结合来研究团结加密货币的现象。我们根据团结加密货币的三个关键方面：规模、地域范围和价格稳定性，对来自不同国家的 20 种选定的团结加密货币进行了分类和分析。对这些方面的分析对于理解将传统社区货币和加密货币最初分开的领域联系起来的团结加密货币概念至关重要。本文通过描述我们的分类所捕获的特定类型，有助于解释新兴的团结加密货币现象。本研究中关于团结加密货币的主要发现是，首先，治理类型与相应架构平台之间的一致性；其次，那些封闭式治理的人更有可能与法定货币或其他稳定措施挂钩；第三，那些专注于地方问题的人往往有更高的采用率。