Tell me more ×
Cryptography Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for software developers, mathematicians and others interested in cryptography. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 9 down vote favorite
6

I have recently been assigned to advise a student on a senior thesis in math. She has taken linear algebra, introductory real analysis, basic cryptography, and abstract algebra. Her interest is in cryptography. And she has a love of Bitcoin. The point of a senior thesis is to get a student to teach themselves a subject and learn to find and read mathematical papers. Original work that could be published would be nice, but is often untenable.

My question is whether anyone knows of any research that is/has being/been done in cryptography related to Bitcoin. Thanks.

EDIT: I am looking for a link or reference to research papers involving Bitcoin and cryptography, some of which would be accessible to my student.

share|improve this question
Would you mind rewording your question some? I'm having a hard time figuring out what you are asking. As worded you are asking if anyone knows of any research that is or has been done. The answer to that is clearly yes, someone does know of research that is/has been done. Are you wanting a list of research areas within the bitcoin realm that relate to cryptography? Is there something specific that a simple search of "bitcoin" on google scholar is not turning up that you are interested in? – mikeazo♦ Sep 5 '12 at 19:02
Yes, as your question is now, it is either not a real question, or a "list question", and those tend to be not constructive (and closed as such). Or too localized. – Paŭlo Ebermann♦ Sep 5 '12 at 20:19

2 Answers

up vote 7 down vote accepted

I have a list of Bitcoin-related publications here:

Bitcoin Bibliography (Crypto & Security)

They are all the academic papers (as opposed to whitepapers) that I know about, relating to security or cryptographic aspects (as opposed to economic or implementation aspects) of Bitcoin. Most are published.

share|improve this answer
up vote 4 down vote

Here's the Research article on the Bitcoin wiki:

You might find some of the authors in the list have related research that is not directly related to Bitcoin so is absent from that list.

share|improve this answer

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.