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Ledger is a scientific journal about cryptocurrencies and discovery technologies, as well as topics applicable to them, including mathematics, computer science, engineering, law and participation, related to the work of access. Became the first peer-reviewed journal about cryptocurrency.
The editorial board of the journal includes scientists from major Western universities, including Oxford University, Stanford University, Cornell University, Duke University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as Bank of England Senior Scientific Adviser Michael Kumhoff and Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum software platform.
The ledger is a permanent summary of all amounts entered in supporting journals which list individual transactions by date. Every transaction flows from a journal, to one or more ledgers. A company's financial statements are generated from summary totals in the ledgers.
The idea for the journal was born out of a discussion between managing editors Peter R. Rizun and Christopher E. Wilmer, on the bitcoin forum bitcointalk.org.
Wilmer envisioned ledger as a journal for "people passionate about the technology, to publish their research." Wilmer called into question the reliability of 'white papers' that became common in the cryptocurrency boom. According to Wilmer, the Ledger Journal receives two to four submissions a week, and many are of poor quality. “Occasionally we get submissions with no citations." Wilmer's vision for Ledger was to use a more a traditional peer review system.
A call for papers was issued on 15 September 2015 with the deadline set to 31 December 2015. However, this was delayed while formalising the review process. The inaugural issue was not published until December 2016.
Rizun is a physicist and entrepreneur, who lives in Vancouver, Canada.
Wilmer is an assistant professor in the Swanson School of Engineering’s Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Department. He is the author of "Bitcoin for befuddled". Wilmer first used bitcoin to purchase honey caramels from a beekeeper.
The University of Pittsburgh was featured in the documentary "The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin."
