• DocumentCode
    3609047
  • Title

    Authority Printed Upon Emptiness

  • Author

    O´Hara, Kieron

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    72
  • Lastpage
    76
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Internet Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7801
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIC.2015.122
  • Filename
    7307883