Beyond Bitcoin: The Economics of Digital Currencies

1. Introduction
2. Means of Exchange: Ever Present Competition
2.1. The Medium of Exchange - Historical Overview
2.2. What Roles Does Money Serve?
2.3. Competing Money
2.4. Virtual Money?
3. Platform-Based Currencies
3.1. Special Currencies of the Traditional World
3.2. Platform-Based Currencies in the Digital Era3.3. Conclusion
3.4. Discussion
4. Cryptocurrencies
4.1. The Double Spending Problem
4.2. How Does Bitcoin Work? Brief Overview
4.3. Not the First One - Predecessors of Bitcoin
4.4. Problems with Bitcoin (New Challenges)
4.5. Competition Against Other Cryptcurrencies
4.6. Non-Currency Use of Blockchain Technology
4.7. Trading Cryptocurrencies
4.8. How Do Cryptocurrencies' Attributes Compare to Earlier Money?
5. Conclusions