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New kids on the blockchain

New kids on the blockchain

Source: Larissa Lee, University of Utah

Larissa Lee of the University of Utah explains how the technology behind bitcoin could be used to re-invent the stock market.

Stocks exchanged completely peer-to-peer could resolve many of the issues facing the stock market today, including high frequency trading and short sales.

This article focuses on developing a peer-to-peer stock market system, the legal implications of such a system, and how this system will fit in with current legislation and regulation.

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A Finextra member 06 October, 2015, 00:21Be the first to give this comment the thumbs up 0 likes

Of course anything dynamic and distributed is efficient, that said you will need tiers or layers of redundancy that may outweigh, the benefits. it really depends on the Veracity of the demand.

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