Thanks. I was actually planning to release the full dataset once the website was launched, but I unfortunately will have to postpone that except if find someone who would be willing to collaborate and help with coding and website set-up/design.

Sounds great, thanks! Unfortunately I don't have much time right now, so I'd rather prefer collaborating with someone that is more familiar with this kind of stuff.

Thank you. Actually, I hope you won't be too disappointed by reading the year-to-year descriptions because I was very limited by the academic restrictions on the overall thesis length and more specifically on the length of the specific sections (in this case basic descriptions of findings). I'd have preferred to write it out more in the form of a report, but that (understandably) wouldn't have been accepted by the university.

Right now, I've started working at academic research centre, where I'm currently working on a global cryptocurrency and blockchain/DLT benchmarking study. Parts of that study will be slightly based on my research about the Bitcoin business ecosystem, but the idea is more about collecting non-public data from major companies and platforms to analyse the current trends and developments in the space.

But once I have more time at my disposal, I might get back to your idea and write a book, who knows But I'd prioritise building an interactive visualisation website, because I think that'd be more useful for newcomers and "oldies" alike. So if anyone has a suggestion on who could best implement this, please get in touch.

Thanks, that's actually what I was planning. However, I'm really busy at the moment and haven't had much time to figure out the specifics, so I'll get back to that when I'll have more time. But thank you!

I would be very careful in choosing the right service provider, as far as I can tell from my personal research, the vast majority of cloud mining services are scams. It is very suspicious when you see promised payout ratios above a reasonable level (e.g. some providers list >1000% on the website you posted): keep in mind that mining is a very competitive industry and that if an offer sounds too good to be true, it most certainly is. If you still want to invest in a cloud mining company, please do your due diligence and research the providers you consider to join, this forum is a good place to start.

Yeah thanks I've seen that "article" too, good to get some names of pool operators but in the end a simple search about the current pool hashrate distribution would have yielded more up-to-date results  

I was actually more hoping to find a list of (or a thread discussing) datacenters that offer cloud mining and/or remote hardware hosting. I've spent quite some time already looking around, but the vast majority of "companies" I could find have either already disappeared or are obvious scams.

I've been searching around but couldn't find a comprehensive list of all (or at least most) Bitcoin mining firms that are still operating.
Different categories would be the following:

• Hardware Manufacturers
• Hardware Retailers and/or Resellers
• Remote Hosted Mining Services
• Cloud Mining Services
• Mining Pools
• Solo mining companies
• Hashing power marketplaces
• ...

Thank you very much I'm planning to build a website with an interactive visualisation based on the dataset I collected, with a sort of built-in update/append mechanism so that everyone can add or update data. The goal is to collaborately maintain and extend a comprehensive dataset of the Bitcoin business ecosystem, and visually display it so that it can serve as entry point for newcomers to the Bitcoin space and provide valuable information on specific entities for anyone interested (it's possible to basically add any data to each entity). I'm currently trying to figure out how to exactly accomplish this, so any help is greatly appreciated

Hey everyone,

I'm a twenty-four year old business student from Luxembourg with a background in economics, and I've recently submitted my Master's thesis which studies the emergence and evolution of the Bitcoin business ecosystem. I thought I'd share it here so anyone who's interested can have a look at it. The thesis can be found here: https://www.g o o . g l/XFsdzZ (Bitcointalk.org flags g o o. g l as suspicious website).

In a nutshell, I collected data on 514 Bitcoin companies and projects and their activities over a time window from 2010-2015, resulting in what I believe to be the first comprehensive longitudinal dataset of entities active in the Bitcoin space. I then developed a theoretical framework defining a total of 22 different market segments (or sub-industries) of the business ecosystem, and applied it to the dataset. The purpose of the project is to visually explore the evolution of the ecosystem structure in terms of the entities and their affiliations to specific market segments over time. The network graphs for each year in high resolution can be found here: https://www.g o o. g l/amHhox.
For those who don't have time reading the entire thesis, have a look at the pinned tweet from my Twitter profile that highlights all the relevant graphs and tables (https://twitter.com/mrauchs).

I now plan to build a website that displays an interactive visualisation of the business ecosystem, and open-source the dataset so that everyone can use it for their own purposes. The goal of the website is to create a place for interested people to get a visual overview of the dynamics of the business ecosystem, and be able to participate by either updating existing data or adding new data. The website should constitute an easy entry point to the ecosystem for newcomers as well as an attempt to collectively building and maintaining a comprehensive dataset of the companies and projects active in the Bitcoin domain.

If someone here in this sub is familiar with building websites with interactive visualisations and collaborative database mechanisms, I'd be more than happy to hear your suggestions and opinions. Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Alternatively, the thesis can also be downloaded here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308697855_Edited_Version_Thesis_corrected_headers

Oh thanks for pointing out, I didn't realise that.

The "suspicious" part is actually just "g o o. g l". So the thesis link should be w w w. g o o . g l/XFsdzZ and the network graphs should be found at w w w. g o o. g l/amHhox.

Edit: If you don't want to read the entire thesis, have a look at the pinned tweet from my Twitter profile, the main graphs and tables are highlighted in a small "twitter storm". Link: https://twitter.com/mrauchs

Hey everyone,

I finally submitted my thesis, and thought I'd share it here with you guys: http://www.[Suspicious link removed]/XFsdzZ
The detailed network graphs for each year (2010-2015) can be found here in high resolution: http://www.[Suspicious link removed]/amHhox.

The resulting dataset consists of 514 projects and companies that have been active in the Bitcoin business ecosystem since 2010 included. At the moment, I plan to build a website with an interactive visualisation of the evolution of the ecosystem. The longitudinal dataset should be freely available for everyone and there should be a mechanism so that anyone can contribute to update or add data, thereby creating a comprehensive dataset of Bitcoin entities through collaboration with the community. Tell me what you think.

Well, wish you all the best with that!

It's a shame nobody is using this, I really like the idea. However, very low liquidity and thus even more unlikely to catch up. Chicken&Egg Problem...

Yes you're right; I started working full-time on it 2-3 months ago, and it's a real pain in the ass to get all the data (especially to find the dates of new product/service launches and so on). Moreover, I needed to develop a framework (some sort of service categorization) of the ecosystem to analyse the emergence of new sectors and market segments over the years. This framework is of course constantly adapted during the research process, it's really fascinating to see the countless applications that have seen the light in recent years.

So far, I managed to include some 350 companies/projects in the database with "full" information (at least the minimum data I need for my analysis, which so far are the foundation date, launch date of each product/service in case they are diversifying, geographic location, funding, possible mergers & acquisitions, as well as the "exit date" and the reason of the firm going out of business). The main sources are the company's websites (difficult if they are out of business for several years), company blogs, news articles, bitcointalk forum, reddit posts, linkedin, twitter etc.

It's a really time-consuming project, but also incredibly exciting since it gives fascinating insights in the development of the ecosystem. So although it's a lot of work and sometimes annoying, the experience so far has been really worth it (and I hope it will be useful for other people too once it will be published).

This one is really interesting, thanks! Although I'm more looking for companies that are part of the Bitcoin Ecosystem in the sense that they not only accept bitcoins such as simple merchants, but provide a product/service that is based on a particular application based on the Bitcoin Protocol.

I plan to open-source it once it will be done; I'll keep you updated. However, please have some patience

I'm gonna take a look at them, thank you.

Hello,

I'm looking for a comprehensive list of companies/projects that either have been or still are active in the Bitcoin Ecosystem. I know there are some lists here on the forum, but most of them are just a sequence of names, without any further information.

I'm currently building a database of the Bitcoin ecosystem (2009-2015) and have around 320 companies so far with the basic information that's available (so mainly: location, foundation date, launch date of each product, exit date/bankruptcy; but also M&A, Funding if applicable). It took me 2 months to gather the basic information about those companies, and it's really a pain in the ass

So if there's a list (or even several) available that has a little more informationt than only the company name, I'd be really grateful if someone could give me a hint (or even better a link!)

Thank you in advance!

Thank you! Do you know when they stopped operations?

Hello,

I'm new to the discussion here, and unfortunately don't have time to read all the pages here, so would there be someone kind enough to give me a brief summary of what happend to ASICMiner? So when were they founded, launched first product, and went bust (if that's the case),a nd the reasons behind it.

Thank you in advance!