IOTA Launches New Research Paper Hub Showcasing Academic Insights

• A Research Paper Page has been launched by IOTA to showcase its academic reports on the science behind decentralization and others. 
• The reports are said to be based on the mainnet analysis, distributed ledger theory, etc. 

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IOTA has officially launched its new Research Paper Page as part of the plans to explore the science behind the transformation of decentralized networks and their real-world implementation.

This initiative complements IOTA’s appearance on Google Scholar with a “complete library of research papers” related to the Decentralized Ledger Technology (DLT) and decentralization-powering mechanisms.

What are the IOTA Research Papers About?

According to an X post detailing this information, the latest Research Paper Page would feature knowledge-based reports ranging from mainnet analysis to distributed ledger theory. Specifically, some of these papers focus on comprehensive information on IOTA smart contracts, reality-based UTXO ledger, IOTA 2.0 incentives, and the tokenomics whitepaper.

Explaining the reasons behind this initiative, the IOTA communication team highlighted that curiosity and exploration have been their driving factor rather than recognition.

Amid its exploration, IOTA has also sought to educate its community on the latest implementations, including the recently launched Rebased Protocol. As noted in our earlier post, it partnered with CoinGecko to launch a “Learn and Earn Campaign”, giving users a chance to win up to $20,000.

Over the past couple of years, IOTA has raised concerns over a major skills gap. It claims developers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and day-to-day users struggle to understand and work with DLT. According to its previous blog post, it has attempted to address this challenge through online seminars, outreach with education institutions, interviews with experts, and local market research.

IOTA also claims to have turned theories into practice through the organization of Hackathons like the IOTA Hackathon Malaysia. It has equally co-hosted conferences like the IOTA East Africa Web3 Innovation Summit which sought to improve its technology and impact on trades, as discussed earlier. Fascinatingly, these are reported to be the beginning of a new chapter for the project and its ecosystem.

In the market, these developments have not been felt much as IOTA records serious declines across all major trading sessions. According to CoinMarketCap data, the asset has declined by 2.3%, 1.4% and 5.7% in the last 24 hours, seven days, and 30 days respectively. At the current price of $0.19, IOTA has a market cap of $780.9 million and it is ranked the 97th largest crypto in the market.

Based on our recent analysis, this bearish phase could overturn in the future as analysts anticipate a move above the $0.27 and $0.28 resistance levels. As also indicated in our previous news brief, IOTA could likely partner with XRP in a game-changing move that could see the price record an upsurge.

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