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Non-fungible tokens: a systematic review of the panorama from scientific evidence

Authors

Javier Alfonso Ramírez Duran Corporación Universitaria Latinoamericana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3663-9215
Jose Ignacio Ramírez Corporación Universitaria Latinoamericana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5363-4873
Leonardo Niebles Núñez Corporación Universitaria Latinoamericana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2970-2498

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24054/rcta.v1i41.2558

Keywords:

Non-fungible tokens, Blockchain, smart contracts, Ethereum

Abstract

Non-fungible tokens are one of the topics that have been most popular in recent months due to the high sums of money that their transactions have represented; However, there are many questions about what non-fungible tokens are and how they work. In this way, this study is developed in order to analyze the benefits of non-fungible Tokens and their application within the various markets. For the development of the study, a systematized bibliographic review carried out in the WoS and Scopus databases is presented, accompanied by a bibliometric analysis of the results of the search equation before carrying out the process of filtering the results. The results obtained show an important level of application of non-fungible tokens in various sectors, based on the qualities of providing verifiable and unclonable information to various assets; which can range from physical devices based on the IOT to digital art, music or collectibles within video games. It is concluded that the panorama of non-fungible tokens, although very uncertain, shows a trend towards growth and permanence as a type of asset to be considered in the development of the 4.0 era.

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2023-10-19 — Updated on 2023-05-20

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Ramírez Duran, J. A., Ramírez, J. I., & Niebles Núñez, L. (2023). Non-fungible tokens: a systematic review of the panorama from scientific evidence. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, 1(41), 132–145. https://doi.org/10.24054/rcta.v1i41.2558 (Original work published October 19, 2023)