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245	0	0	_aBitcoin and beyond : _bcryptocurrencies, blockchains and global governance / _cedited by Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn.
264		1	_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, _c2018.
264		4	_c©2018.
300			_a 1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bn _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aRIPE series in global political economy
500			_aIntroduction: what are blockchains and how are they relevant to governance in the contemporary global political economy? -- Moneys at the margins: from political experiment to cashless societies -- The internal and external governance of blockchain-based organizations: evidence from cryptocurrencies -- The mutual constitution of technology and global governance: bitcoin, block chains, and the international anti-money-laundering regime -- Between liberalization and prohibition: prudent enthusiasm and the governance of bitcoin/blockchain technology -- Cryptocurrencies and digital payment rails in networked global governance: perspectives on inclusion and innovation -- Governing what wasn't meant to be governed: a controversy-based approach to the study of bitcoin governance -- Experiments in algorithmic governance: a history and ethnography of "The DAO," a failed decentralized autonomous organization -- Conclusion: towards a block age or blockages of global governance? -- Index.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aAt their essence, blockchains are digital sequences of numbers coded into computer software that permit the secure exchange, recording, and broadcasting of transactions between individual users operating anywhere in the world with Internet access. Like most technological changes, the development of blockchains drew on and combined several existing technologies. Blockchains incorporate digital encryption technologies that mask, to varying degrees, the specific content exchanged as well as the identities of individual users. Algorithms, pre-coded series of step-by-step instructions, are also mobilised in solving complex mathematical equations and arriving at a consensus on the validity of transactions within networks of users. Time-stamping technologies then periodically bundle verified transactions into datasets, or 'blocks'. Linked together sequentially, these 'blocks' form 'chains' that make up larger 'blockchain' databases of transactions that broadcast a permanent record of transactions whilst maintaining the anonymity of users and specific content exchanged. Blockchains are intended to be maintained by all users in manners meant to be immutable, unless users arrive at a clear consensus to undertake changes.
526			_a300-399 _b330
650		0	_aBitcoin.
650		0	_aElectronic funds transfers.
650		0	_aFinancial institutions.
650		0	_aInternational finance.
655			_aElectronic books
700	1		_aCampbell-Verduyn, Malcolm, _eeditor.
856			_yFull text available at Directory of Open Access Books Click here to view _uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781315211909/bitcoin-beyond-malcolm-campbell-verduyn
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