The politics of Bitcoin software as right-wing extremism
"Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been widely promoted as a digital currency that will revolutionize everything from online commerce to the nation-state. Yet supporters of Bitcoin and its blockchain technology subscribe to a form of cyberlibertarianism that depends to a surprising ex...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Press
2016
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| Schriftenreihe: | Forerunners: ideas first from the University of Minnesota Press
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been widely promoted as a digital currency that will revolutionize everything from online commerce to the nation-state. Yet supporters of Bitcoin and its blockchain technology subscribe to a form of cyberlibertarianism that depends to a surprising extent on far-right political thought. The Politics of Bitcoin exposes how much of the economic and political thought on which this cryptocurrency is based emerges from ideas that travel the gamut, from Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, and Ludwig von Mises to Federal Reserve conspiracy theorists"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 79-90 |
| Beschreibung: | 90 Seiten 18 cm |
| ISBN: | 1517901804 1-5179-0180-4 9781517901806 978-1-5179-0180-6 |