Title
How are Bitcoin forks related to Bitcoin?
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
This paper studies the interlinkages among Bitcoin and seven Bitcoin forks, which share proof-of-work. To this end, I propose two volatility indexes and one correlation index based on the estimation of three multivariate GARCH models. This study finds that the contribution of the Bitcoin-fork volatility to the market volatility is stronger in the first two months after the occurrence of a fork, and low thereafter. Furthermore, the correlation of Bitcoin with four Bitcoin forks is negative or low during high-volatility times and highly positive during low-volatility times. The other three Bitcoin forks do not show this correlation pattern.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Negocios, Administración
Economía
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85089901971
Source
Finance Research Letters
ISSN of the container
15446123
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus