Bitcoin and Beyond
Since the launch of Bitcoin in 2009 several hundred different ‘cryptocurrencies’ have been developed and become accepted for a wide variety of transactions in leading online commercial marketplaces and the ‘sharing economy’, as well as by more traditional retailers, manufacturers, and even by charit...
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| description | Since the launch of Bitcoin in 2009 several hundred different ‘cryptocurrencies’ have been developed and become accepted for a wide variety of transactions in leading online commercial marketplaces and the ‘sharing economy’, as well as by more traditional retailers, manufacturers, and even by charities and political parties. Bitcoin and its competitors have also garnered attention for their wildly fluctuating values as well as implication in international money laundering, Ponzi schemes and online trade in illicit goods and services across borders. These and other controversies surrounding cryptocurrencies have induced varying governance responses by central banks, government ministries, international organizations, and industry regulators worldwide. Besides formal attempts to ban Bitcoin, there have been multifaceted efforts to incorporate elements of blockchains, the peer-to-peer technology underlying cryptocurrencies, in the wider exchange, recording, and broadcasting of digital transactions. Blockchains are being mobilized to support and extend an array of governance activities. The novelty and breadth of growing blockchain-based activities have fuelled both utopian promises and dystopian fears regarding applications of the emergent technology to Bitcoin and beyond. This volume brings scholars of anthropology, economics, Science and Technology Studies, and sociology together with GPE scholars in assessing the actual implications posed by Bitcoin and blockchains for contemporary global governance. Its interdisciplinary contributions provide academics, policymakers, industry practitioners and the general public with more nuanced understandings of technological change in the changing character of governance within and across the borders of nation-states. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1598702025-05-20T05:06:49Z Bitcoin and Beyond Campbell-Verduyn, Malcolm Decentralised Autonomous Organisation Bitcoin Price Alexandre Mallard Local Innovation Ecosystems Banks Bitcoin Market Bitcoin Block Age Blockchain Blockchain Technology Challenges Blockchain Applications Crypto Currencies International AML Regime Cécile Méadel Bitcoin Exchange Daivi Rodima-Taylor Financial Action Task Force Falin Zhang GPE Scholar Francesca Musiani Emergent Technologies Global Governance Contemporary Global Governance Internet Open Source Software Jean-Philippe (JP) Vergne thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCL International economics Since the launch of Bitcoin in 2009 several hundred different ‘cryptocurrencies’ have been developed and become accepted for a wide variety of transactions in leading online commercial marketplaces and the ‘sharing economy’, as well as by more traditional retailers, manufacturers, and even by charities and political parties. Bitcoin and its competitors have also garnered attention for their wildly fluctuating values as well as implication in international money laundering, Ponzi schemes and online trade in illicit goods and services across borders. These and other controversies surrounding cryptocurrencies have induced varying governance responses by central banks, government ministries, international organizations, and industry regulators worldwide. Besides formal attempts to ban Bitcoin, there have been multifaceted efforts to incorporate elements of blockchains, the peer-to-peer technology underlying cryptocurrencies, in the wider exchange, recording, and broadcasting of digital transactions. Blockchains are being mobilized to support and extend an array of governance activities. The novelty and breadth of growing blockchain-based activities have fuelled both utopian promises and dystopian fears regarding applications of the emergent technology to Bitcoin and beyond. This volume brings scholars of anthropology, economics, Science and Technology Studies, and sociology together with GPE scholars in assessing the actual implications posed by Bitcoin and blockchains for contemporary global governance. Its interdisciplinary contributions provide academics, policymakers, industry practitioners and the general public with more nuanced understandings of technological change in the changing character of governance within and across the borders of nation-states. 2025-05-20T05:06:48Z 2025-05-20T05:06:48Z 2025-05-19T07:33:10Z 2017 book ONIX_20250519T091213_9781351814089_75 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102157 9781351814089 9781351814072 9781351814065 9780367264925 9780415792141 9781315211909 9781138318274 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159870 eng RIPE Series in Global Political Economy open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102157/1/9781351814089.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315211909 10.4324/9781315211909 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781351814089 9781351814072 9781351814065 9780367264925 9780415792141 9781315211909 9781138318274 Routledge 212 Oxford open access |
| spellingShingle | Decentralised Autonomous Organisation Bitcoin Price Alexandre Mallard Local Innovation Ecosystems Banks Bitcoin Market Bitcoin Block Age Blockchain Blockchain Technology Challenges Blockchain Applications Crypto Currencies International AML Regime Cécile Méadel Bitcoin Exchange Daivi Rodima-Taylor Financial Action Task Force Falin Zhang GPE Scholar Francesca Musiani Emergent Technologies Global Governance Contemporary Global Governance Internet Open Source Software Jean-Philippe (JP) Vergne thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCL International economics Bitcoin and Beyond |
| title | Bitcoin and Beyond |
| title_full | Bitcoin and Beyond |
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| title_short | Bitcoin and Beyond |
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| topic | Decentralised Autonomous Organisation Bitcoin Price Alexandre Mallard Local Innovation Ecosystems Banks Bitcoin Market Bitcoin Block Age Blockchain Blockchain Technology Challenges Blockchain Applications Crypto Currencies International AML Regime Cécile Méadel Bitcoin Exchange Daivi Rodima-Taylor Financial Action Task Force Falin Zhang GPE Scholar Francesca Musiani Emergent Technologies Global Governance Contemporary Global Governance Internet Open Source Software Jean-Philippe (JP) Vergne thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCL International economics |
| topic_facet | Decentralised Autonomous Organisation Bitcoin Price Alexandre Mallard Local Innovation Ecosystems Banks Bitcoin Market Bitcoin Block Age Blockchain Blockchain Technology Challenges Blockchain Applications Crypto Currencies International AML Regime Cécile Méadel Bitcoin Exchange Daivi Rodima-Taylor Financial Action Task Force Falin Zhang GPE Scholar Francesca Musiani Emergent Technologies Global Governance Contemporary Global Governance Internet Open Source Software Jean-Philippe (JP) Vergne thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCL International economics |
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