Attack of the Clones: Measuring the Maintainability, Originality and Security of Bitcoin 'Forks' in the Wild. (arXiv:2201.08678v1 [cs.CR])

Since Bitcoin appeared in 2009, over 6,000 different cryptocurrency projects
have followed. The cryptocurrency world may be the only technology where a
massive number of competitors offer similar services yet claim unique benefits,
including scalability, fast transactions, and security. But are these projects
really offering unique features and significant enhancements over their
competitors? To answer this question, we conducted a large-scale empirical
analysis of code maintenance activities, originality and security across 592
crypto projects. We found that about half of …

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