Decentralized platform economy: emerging blockchain-based decentralized platform business models

Emerging decentralized multisided platforms aim to create more open collaborations between participants and question currently centralized networked business models, such as Google, Amazon, Uber, or Airbnb. In this paper, a systematic analysis of the emerging platform economy is presented based on blockchain technology. The research aims fill gap in literature, there no specific analyses these electronic markets. Eighty-two were studied. study contributes literature taxonomy structure domain models. Applying cluster analysis, three archetypes found, referred hosted, federated, shared better understanding platforms. According findings, two-thirds analyzed platforms, namely, federated archetypes, do not follow traditional Rather, their new community relationships. Furthermore, archetype most disruptive, showing higher level decentralization model change.