Müller, PaulBergsträßer, SonjaRizk, AmrSteinmetz, RalfMüller, PaulNeumair, BernhardReiser, HelmutDreo Rodosek, Gabi2018-06-082018-06-082018978-3-88579-677-0https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/16570On January 2009, the emergence of Bitcoin surprised theworld with a new idea involving decentralized secure money transfers outside the ecosystem of FIAT currencies. The concepts behind the Bitcoin architecture the blockchain can, however, be extended to a much wider range of economic assets than just digital currencies. In general, a blockchain is a distributed, verifiable database, which operates through a confluence of public-key cryptography, the concept of proof of work and P2P-systems.enText/Conference Paper1617-5468