In digital we trust: Bitcoin discourse, digital currencies, and decentralized network fetishism
This paper outlines how the digital currency and network technology of bitcoin functions and explores the context from which it emerged. Bitcoin was conceived in 2008 as an attempt to alleviate trust in government and banks which was at a low during this period of financial crisis. However, with bit...
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Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2018
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Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/4809/2/s41599-018-0065-0.pdf |