Title :
Authority Printed Upon Emptiness
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
In a time of economic volatility, what can cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin bring to the table? What new vulnerabilities would they introduce? And could they be minimized through consumer protection mechanisms?
Keywords :
consumer protection; cryptography; financial data processing; social aspects of automation; bitcoin; consumer protection mechanisms; cryptocurrencies; economic volatility; Internet/Web technologies; P2P; bitcoin; cryptocurrency; security and privacy;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2015.122
