# decrypto-org/blockchain-papers

A curated list of academic blockchain-related papers

Repository: https://github.com/decrypto-org/blockchain-papers
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blockchain-papers
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-04-30T14:43:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3427, "days_push": 1221, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2541, forks 551 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:59.395814+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of academic papers related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies, organized by topic such as consensus, cryptography, privacy, and smart contracts. It serves as a reading guide for researchers and students, flagging peer-reviewed papers with a graduation-cap marker.

## Use cases
- find academic papers on blockchain consensus algorithms
- reading list for cryptocurrency research
- learn about smart contract formal methods papers
- survey literature on blockchain privacy and attacks
- find peer-reviewed papers on proof of work and staking
- start researching blockchain economics and crime

## When to choose
- you want a curated, topic-organized bibliography of blockchain research
- you are a student or researcher starting a literature review on cryptocurrencies
- you need quick links to seminal papers like the Bitcoin whitepaper and SoK papers

## When to avoid
- you need runnable code, tools, or implementations rather than papers
- you want up-to-the-minute coverage of the newest blockchain research
- you need a database with search and filtering rather than a static list

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: blockchain, security, awesome-lists
- platform: -
- tags: awesome-list, academic-papers, curated-list, cryptography, consensus, smart-contracts, cryptocurrency, web-server

## Member repositories
- decrypto-org/blockchain-papers (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.395814+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:25:07.911570+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/decrypto-org/blockchain-papers (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.395814+00:00, sha 542ab245457b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.