Bitcoin in International Monetary Relations. New Innovation or Old Imperialism?


Diploma Thesis, 2014

43 Pages, Grade: Merit


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Contents

Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Bitcoin – an Anticipated Evolution of the Currency Space
2.1 Hayek’s Vision of Currency Competition and Bitcoin’s Technology
2.2 Evolution of Currency Space: from Deterritorialisation to Denationalisation
2.3 Anticipated Prerequisites for the Evolution of Digital Alternative Currencies

3. Bitcoin – a New Technological Innovation
3.1 Centralisation as the Failure of Historic Digital Alternative Currencies
3.2 Bitcoin’s Innovation: Cryptography, Open Source, and Decentralisation
3.2.1 Security
3.2.2 Anonymity
3.2.3 Portability
3.2.4 Reliability
3.2.5 Trust
3.2.6 Value
3.2.7 Transactors
3.3 Bitcoin as Largest Digital Currency and Growing Number of Transactors
3.4 Disruptive Market Potential vs. Notions of Ponzi Scheme and Fraud

4. Bitcoin – an Old Imperialist Dynamic of Capital Expansion
4.1 Capital’s Need for Worldwide Expansion
4.2 Bitcoin and Imperialist Capital Flows
4.3 U.S. as a Hegemon for Capital Expansion Technology

5. Conclusion

Bibliography

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Title
Bitcoin in International Monetary Relations. New Innovation or Old Imperialism?
College
London School of Economics
Grade
Merit
Author
Year
2014
Pages
43
Catalog Number
V899632
ISBN (eBook)
9783346217851
ISBN (Book)
9783346217868
Language
English
Keywords
Bitcoin, International Monetary Relations
Quote paper
Carl Philipp Trump (Author), 2014, Bitcoin in International Monetary Relations. New Innovation or Old Imperialism?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/899632

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