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Blockchain Economics * Joseph Abadi Markus Brunnermeier§ December 29, 2021 Abstract The fundamental problem in digital record-keeping is to establish consensus on an update to a ledger, e.g., a payment. Consensus must be achieved in the presence of faults—situations in which some computers are offline or fail to function appropriately.