Abstract The citation method presented here addresses a specific issue related to the identification of scholarly articles by incorporating a unique identifier (id) instead of the commonly used digital object identifier (doi). This approach aims to provide a distinctive way of referencing articles, particularly while utilizing public blockchain as host. The basic format includes essential details such as the author's name, publication year, article title, and a generated identifier via inscribing process, expressed as hash. This citation method offers a novel approach to uniquely identifying and referencing scholarly articles on chain.

Structure:
Author(s) (publication year).
Article title.
Journal name [italic],
Jan=1...Dec=12 [italic]+(1 to infinitive),
Page(s) [if any].
id: +hash

Protocol:
Author (Year). Title. Journal, Month(no.), Page. id: hash

Example:
Nakamoto, S. (2023). Purpose of the journal. Bitcoin, 12(1). id: c0a96f044ca6d72512f97f59e0dcb4042c16299a518920f578bb9293c957f3e4i0