Bitcoin /
Berlatsky, Noah,editor.
Discusses Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, including such issues as whether the currency should be banned, whether it should be regulated, whether it favors the wealthy over the poor, and whether it is a real currency.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An explanation of Bitcoin / Adam Serwer and Dana Liebelson -- Bitcoin points to the future of cryptocurrency / Molly Wood -- Bitcoin is insecure and overhyped / Jim Edwards -- Bitcoin is doomed because transactions are irreversible / Nicholas Weaver -- Bitcoin transactions are reversible / Eli Dourado -- Are Bitcoins making money laundering easier? / Katherine Mangu-Ward -- The Mt. Gox disaster has seriously damaged Bitcoin / Michael Lewis -- Bitcoin shrugs off Mt. Gox's death rattle / Andy Greenberg -- Bitcoin is built on and promotes privilege and inequality / Annie-Rose Strasser -- Bitcoin promotes equality and freedom / Meghan K. Lords -- Government eyes regulation of "Bitcoins" / Kavya Sukumar -- With or without government regulation, Bitcoin is pointless / Mark Gimein -- The United States should ban Bitcoin / Joe Manchin.
Discusses Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, including such issues as whether the currency should be banned, whether it should be regulated, whether it favors the wealthy over the poor, and whether it is a real currency.
Bitcoin.
Money.
Coinage, International.
Tokens.
Exchange.
Electronic commerce.
Virtual reality