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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255056903321

Autore

Halaburda Hanna

Titolo

Beyond Bitcoin : The Economics of Digital Currencies / / by Hanna Halaburda, Miklos Sarvary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-50642-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 186 p.)

Disciplina

332.40285/4678

Soggetti

Macroeconomics

Economic theory

Industrial organization

Microeconomics

E-business

Electronic commerce

E-commerce

Economic policy

Economics

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

Industrial Organization

e-Business/e-Commerce

Political Economy/Economic Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Means of exchange : ever present competition -- Platform-based currencies -- Cryptocurrencies -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Digital currencies are a fairly new phenomenon brought about by the spectacular rise of the internet. While Bitcoin is the most famous, there are numerous other digital currencies—from Amazon Coin to Zetacoin. Beyond Bitcoin explores the economic forces underlying the design of their features and their potential. Halaburda and Sarvary argue that digital currencies are best understood by considering the economic



incentives driving their creators and users. The authors present a framework that will allow systemic analysis of this dynamic environment and support further discussion of the design of digital currencies' features and the competition in the market.