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LEDGER LATEX TEMPLATE

Descriptive Title Written in Twenty-four

Point Times New Roman
First A. Author , Second B. Author , 13 pt. Times New Roman

Abstract. The abstract should be written in 10 pt. Times New Roman font, 13 pt. line
spacing, and 1.2 cm indenting on either side. Give a concise summary of the paper in a single
paragraph of approximately 150 words (200 words max). The abstract should communicate
both what the paper is about and the important results obtained. The abstract should contain
neither references nor non-plain text elements such as equations or compute code.

KEY WORDS
1. First key word. 2. Second key word. 3. Same style as abstract. 4. Not
more than two lines of keywords.

1. Introduction (13 pt. Times New Roman Bold)

Body text should be written in 11.5 pt. Times New Roman font with 13pt. line spacing. The first
paragraph and the headings and sub-headings should not be indented, but subsequent paragraphs
should be indented 0.6cm.
The first body section must be labeled Introduction Using plain language, explain why your
work is important, describe how it fits within the existing body of cryptocurrency knowledge, and
then state in what way your work represents a new contribution. If your paper does not follow
a conventional structure (see below), then the Introduction should end by describing what the
following sections of the paper are about. The Introduction should contain approximately 500 to
750 words (1000 words max) and should not use sub headings.

2. Body Section Headings are 13pt. Times New Roman Bold

Any number of body sections may follow the Introduction. For hypothesis-driven research, we
suggest the conventional structure of Methods, Results, Discussion. For technology-advancement
papers, provide concise descriptive titles for each body section. The body sections should
logically flow together such that the paper tells a cohesive and compelling story of the research
that was undertaken and the results that were obtained.
2.1. Subheadings are inline and written in italic and followed by an em dashSub headings
should be used sparingly but are appropriate where a sequence of more or less unrelated material
F.A. Author ([email protected]) is Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, USA
1MyBitcoinAddress38f3tu8w
S. B. Author. . . author affiliations should be written in 8 pt. Times New Roman font and 9pt. line spacing
The asterisk [ ] should be used for the Corresponding Author, and the dagger [ ], double dagger [ ], section mark [ ] and

pilcrow [ ] for the authors affiliations. If more footnotes are required, use the pattern: [ ], [ , , , , , , , , . . . ].
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(particularly in a long Methods section) may flow better.

2.2. Page marginsLedger uses right and left page margins of 3.1 cm, and top and bottom
margins of 2.4 cm and 1.0 cm, respectively. Headers and footers are, respectively, 1.5 cm and 1.0
cm from the edge. The bottom footer overlaps with the bottom page margin, and has the effect of
pushing the effective bottom margin up on each page after the first, thereby placing the author
affiliations in a more appropriate location closer to the bottom of the first page.
2.3. TablesTable 1 is an example of a properly formatted table. It also describes the styles
used in this document.

Table 1. Fonts and Paragraph Styles.

Size Paragraph spacing All Center-
Style name Font Bold Italic
(pt.) (pt.) caps ed
Line Above Below
Article title Times 24 28 0 0    
Authors names Times 13 13 14 20    
Author affiliations Times 8 9 0 1    
Abstract a Times 10 13 0 0    
Article type / Key
Times 10 13 9 6    
words heading
Section headings Times 13 15 15 7    
Sub headings b Times 11.5 13.5 0 0    
Body text Times 11.5 13.5 0 0    
Figure captions Times 10 13 20    c
Table captions Times 10 13 15 6    
Text in tables Times 10 11.5 1 1   
Table headings Times 10 13 4 4    
Text in figures Arial 8   
References Times 10 12 0 6    
Footnotes in tables Times 8 11 0 3    
Code Courier New 10 11 0 0    
Times or
Display equations 11.5 9 7    
Cambria Math
a The Abstract section begins with the word Abstract in bold face and followed by a period. The abstract text immediately follows (no
line break) and has regular font weight.
b Subsections are allowed and can be numbered or unnumbered. In either case, the heading is written in-line with the body text and in italic

followed by an em dash.
c Figure captions less than one line in length should be centered while multi-line captions should be justified.

2.4. Numbered and bulleted listsAuthors are encouraged to use lists to improve the
readability of information best presented in point form. The requirements are as follows.
(1) The line marker is indented 0.6 cm.
(2) The list item is further indented 0.6 cm (1.2 cm) in total.
(3) If the item is longer than a single line, the text on wrapping lines must begin at an
indentation of 1.2 cm, and the line spacing must be consistent with the body of the text.
(4) If the list is ordinal, the numbers (or letters) must be surrounded by round brackets.
(5) For non-ordinal lists, use small round dots as markers.

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Nested lists are permissible but should be used sparingly.

2.5. FiguresFig. 1 is an example of a figure. Figures should be of sufficient resolution
(300 DPI for photographs and 600 DPI for line art).

Fig. 1. This is an example of an acceptable plot. The axes are clearly labeled, 8 pt. Arial font
is used, gridlines are faint (1/4 pt.), the plot frame is slightly thicker (1/2 pt. black) and the
plotted data heavier still (1 pt.). In this example, gray scaling is used to differentiate between
the two time series.

2.6. Mathematical equationsEquations should appear inline whenever possible however,

equations that are important, referenced in another place in the text, or complex should be
centered and displayed separated from teh surrounding text by 9 pts. of white space above and 7
pts. of white space below:
z
k e h i
Pdoublespend = 1 a 1 (q/p)zk . (1)
k=0 k!
Authors submitting in Microsoft Word must use the built-in equation editor of the MathType
plug-in.
2.7. CodeCode segments can be displayed inline using 10 pt. Courier New (e.g., #define
largerlimit 8000000), or on display in the same font:
if ( blocknumber > 115000)
maxblocksize = largerlimit

This is an example of a Decription List:

[First] For displayed code, the first line should be indented by 1.2cm (twice the standard
indent) with additional tabs at multiples of 0.6 cm.
2.8. EndnotesEndnotes are denoted with a superscript Arabic numeral and ordered se-
quentially. The final section of the manuscript lists the notes and references (i.e., the endnotes)
denoted throughout the paper. Notes provide proof of facts stated in the article, or additional
clarifications on points made in the manuscript. References list cited material; for example, this
is a reference to a journal article, 1 this is a reference to a book, 2 this is a reference to a forum
comment, 3 and this is a reference to the Bitcoin white paper. 4
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3. Conclusion
For papers that do not follow a conventional structure, synthesize and summarize the main results
of the paper. This section is also an appropriate place to clarify the limitations of the work, as
well as to describe new research questions that arose. The conclusion section for papers that
follow a conventional structure (i.e., Methods, Results, Discussion) may be very short because
the synthesis of the results usually occurs in the Discussion section. The Conclusion and the
Introduction should be the two sections of your paper most accessible to an interdisciplinary
readership.

Acknowledgement
Acknowledge people who helped carry out the research or prepare the manuscript but whose
contribution did not warrant authorship. List funders and other sources of financial support at the
end of this section.

Author Contributions
State the contribution made by each author. Refer to authors using their initials, for example,
FAA developed the code to perform the simulation (65%) and SBA analyzed the results (35%).
They both contributed equally to manuscript preparation.

Conflict of Interest
State any potential conflict of interest here, again referring to authors using their initials. Although
assessing whether a conflict of interest exists can be difficult, as a guideline consider whether it
would be embarrassing should the potential conflict become publicly known. This section may
be omitted if no conflict of interest exists.

Notes and References

1 Wilmer, C. E., Rizum P. R. How to Write and Format an Article for Ledger. Ledger 1.1 111 (2015)
doi:10.1037/rmh0000008
2 Wilmer, C. E. Ledger: The Story of a Journal. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 3233 (2016).
3 Wilmer, C. E. (/u/ThorwawayLedgerAcct). Comment in On the Future of Bitcoin. Reddit (accessed 11
January 2016) https://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoin/comments/3iao3i/on_the_future_of_bitcoin/
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4 Nakamoto, S. Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. No Publisher (2008) https://bitcoin.

org/bitcoin.pdf

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Appendix G: Calculations
Relegate to an appendix material that would distract from the flow of the article, but that is
required to rigorously prove claims made or concepts introduced in the papers body.

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