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Consumer Trust in Digital Currency Enabled Transactions

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This research applies theories of trust from e-commerce to digital currencies. In particular trust in business to consumer transactions carried out using digital currencies such as Bitcoin is explored. A model of online trust is considered to be valid in this different transaction context but the significance of each construct changes and some extensions are necessary. In particular the role of institutional trust in transactions has differences that are explored and new constructs are suggested. These are incorporated into a new digital currency enabled transactions trust model.

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  1. University of Nicosia, UNIC Online, Makedonitisa 46, Egomi, 1700, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Alex Zarifis, Leonidas Efthymiou & Salomi Demetriou

  2. Department of E-Business, School of Information Technology and Management, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China

    Xusen Cheng

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Zarifis, A., Efthymiou, L., Cheng, X., Demetriou, S. (2014). Consumer Trust in Digital Currency Enabled Transactions. In: Abramowicz, W., Kokkinaki, A. (eds) Business Information Systems Workshops. BIS 2014. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 183. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11460-6_21

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