Bitcoinsanity 1: The (Ir)relevance of Finance, or, It’s (Not) Different This Time
Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2014
Journal/Book/Conference Title
uncomputing
Date of Submission
September 2014
Abstract
One of the many fascinating paradoxes about Bitcoin is that when knowledgeable economists, financial professionals and journalists write about it, because they almost always dispute its transformative power and revolutionary status, their analyses are almost uniformly greeted with shockingly abusive insults. In part this is a demonstration of the anti-democratic anti-expertise tendencies of our digital
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Recommended Citation
Golumbia, David. 2014. "Bitcoinsanity 1: The (Ir)relevance of Finance, or, It’s (Not) Different This Time." Uncomputing blog (Jan 6). http://www.uncomputing.org/?p=307.
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