论文标题
分散的集中化？硬币和代币中财富分配的比较
How centralized is decentralized? Comparison of wealth distribution in coins and tokens
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论文摘要
迅速增长的分布式分类帐技术（DLT）最近在行业和学术界的研究人员中受到关注。尽管有许多现有的对比特币和以太坊网络的分析（主要是），但缺乏针对其他加密项目的测量值。本文介绍了有关加密货币中的令牌学和财富分布的问题。我们为14个不同的分布式分类帐项目分析了顶级加密货币持有人的时间依赖性统计属性。所提供的指标包括近似ZIPF系数，香农熵，Gini系数和中Nakamoto系数。我们表明，硬币（在自己的独立网络上运行的加密货币）和令牌（在智能合约平台上运行）之间存在定量差异。提出的结果表明，硬币和代币具有近似ZIPF系数和集中率水平的不同值。这项工作与DLT相关，因为它可能在建模和改善委员会选择过程中有用，尤其是在分散的自治组织（DAOS）和授权的股权证明（DPOS）区块链方面。
Rapidly growing distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) have recently received attention among researchers in both industry and academia. While a lot of existing analysis (mainly) of the Bitcoin and Ethereum networks is available, the lack of measurements for other crypto projects is observed. This article addresses questions about tokenomics and wealth distributions in cryptocurrencies. We analyze the time-dependent statistical properties of top cryptocurrency holders for 14 different distributed ledger projects. The provided metrics include approximated Zipf coefficient, Shannon entropy, Gini coefficient, and Nakamoto coefficient. We show that there are quantitative differences between the coins (cryptocurrencies operating on their own independent network) and tokens (which operate on top of a smart contract platform). Presented results show that coins and tokens have different values of approximated Zipf coefficient and centralization levels. This work is relevant for DLTs as it might be useful in modeling and improving the committee selection process, especially in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and delegated proof of stake (DPoS) blockchains.
