DecentralizedFinance—A Systematic Literature Review and Research Directions
DecentralizedFinance—A Systematic Literature Review and Research Directions ArXiv ID: ssrn-4016497 “View on arXiv” Authors: Unknown Abstract Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is the (r)evolutionary movement to create a solely code-based, intermediary-independent financial system—a movement which has grown Keywords: Decentralized Finance (DeFi), code-based finance, intermediary-independent, Crypto Assets Complexity vs Empirical Score Math Complexity: 0.8/10 Empirical Rigor: 2.0/10 Quadrant: Philosophers Why: The paper is a systematic literature review that synthesizes existing academic work; it does not present novel mathematical models or algorithms, and its empirical focus is on analyzing prior research methods rather than conducting new data-driven backtests. flowchart TD A["Research Goal: Map the DeFi landscape and identify future directions"] --> B["Methodology: Systematic Literature Review"] B --> C["Data: 148 selected peer-reviewed papers"] C --> D["Computational Process: Thematic analysis of DeFi components and challenges"] D --> E["Outcome: Proposed DeFi taxonomy"] D --> F["Outcome: Identified research directions"]