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Bitcoin and Beyond : Cryptocurrencies, Blockchains, and Global Governance by Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 a

Who reads Bitcoin and Beyond : Cryptocurrencies, Blockchains, and Global Governance?

Author

Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780415792141

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Finance, Political Science, Economics