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Bitcoin, the first decentralised currency was launched in 2009. Adopters use free software distributed in peer-to-peer computer network. The infrastructure provides unique framework which allows anonymous users to make financial transactions stored transparently in a public record. User accounts and transactions cannot be controlled by the third party since the network does not depend upon any money issuing and processing central authority. Convergence of anonymity, transparency and decentralisation has long attracted technological libertarians criticising state interventionism and censorship. Bitcoin created a stir among activists pursuing cryptography in service of empowering civil liberties. It was adopted as a censorship-resistant donation system by organisations including Electronic Frontier Foundation, Freenet, and WikiLeaks. The paper explores the chain of events leading to this situation and examines the libertarian assumptions behind emancipatory promise of new technology. | Bitcoin, the first decentralised currency was launched in 2009. Adopters use free software distributed in a peer-to-peer computer network. The infrastructure provides unique framework which allows anonymous users to make financial transactions stored transparently in a public record. User accounts and transactions cannot be controlled by the third party since the network does not depend upon any money issuing and processing central authority. Convergence of anonymity, transparency and decentralisation has long attracted technological libertarians criticising state interventionism and censorship. Bitcoin created a stir among activists pursuing cryptography in service of empowering civil liberties. It was adopted as a censorship-resistant donation system by organisations including Electronic Frontier Foundation, Freenet, and WikiLeaks. The paper explores the chain of events leading to this situation and examines the libertarian assumptions behind emancipatory promise of new technology. | ||
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Revision as of 10:46, 22 July 2011
The exploration of distributed currency. Written in May-July 2011.
- Abstract
Bitcoin, the first decentralised currency was launched in 2009. Adopters use free software distributed in a peer-to-peer computer network. The infrastructure provides unique framework which allows anonymous users to make financial transactions stored transparently in a public record. User accounts and transactions cannot be controlled by the third party since the network does not depend upon any money issuing and processing central authority. Convergence of anonymity, transparency and decentralisation has long attracted technological libertarians criticising state interventionism and censorship. Bitcoin created a stir among activists pursuing cryptography in service of empowering civil liberties. It was adopted as a censorship-resistant donation system by organisations including Electronic Frontier Foundation, Freenet, and WikiLeaks. The paper explores the chain of events leading to this situation and examines the libertarian assumptions behind emancipatory promise of new technology.
- Keywords
Bitcoin, Namecoin, Electronic Frontier Foundation, WikiLeaks, cypherpunks, free software, cryptography, censorship, free speech, anonymity, transparency, decentralisation, peer-to-peer, economy, domain name system
- Essay
PDF
TeX source file
Bibliography in a separate BIB file
- Research