03611oam 2200613zu 450 991022011240332120210807004918.00-8330-9369-X(CKB)3710000000595157(SSID)ssj0001622557(PQKBManifestationID)16358975(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001622557(PQKBWorkID)14917791(PQKB)11553645(EXLCZ)99371000000059515720160829d2015 uy engtxtccrNational security implications of virtual currency : examining the potential for non-state actor deployment[Place of publication not identified]RAND National Defense Research Institute2015Research report National security implications of virtual currencyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8330-9183-2 Introduction -- The current state of virtual currencies -- Can virtual currencies increase political power? -- Technical challenges to virtual currency deployment -- Implications beyond currency -- Conclusions and future research -- Appendix. Rating cyber threat sophistication by tiers."This report examines the feasibility for non-state actors, including terrorist and insurgent groups, to increase their political and/or economic power by deploying a virtual currency (VC) for use in regular economic transactions. A VC, such as Bitcoin, is a digital representation of value that can be transferred, stored, or traded electronically and that is neither issued by a central bank or public authority, nor necessarily attached to a fiat currency (dollars, euros, etc.), but is accepted by people as a means of payment. We addressed the following research questions from both the technological and political-economic perspectives: (1) Why would a non-state actor deploy a VC? That is, what political and/or economic utility is there to gain? How might this non-state actor go about such a deployment? What challenges would it have to overcome? (2) How might a government or organization successfully technologically disrupt a VC deployment by a non-state actor, and what degree of cyber sophistication would be required? (3) What additional capabilities become possible when the technologies underlying the development and implementation of VCs are used for purposes broader than currency?"--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper.National Security Implications of Virtual CurrencyDigital currencyPolitical aspectsNational securityEconomic aspectsNon-state actors (International relations)FinanceTerrorismBankingHILCCFinanceHILCCBusiness & EconomicsHILCCDigital currencyPolitical aspectsNational securityEconomic aspectsNon-state actors (International relations)FinanceTerrorismBankingFinanceBusiness & EconomicsBaron Joshua William1248979Dion-Schwarz CynthiaManheim DavidManheim DavidO'Mahony AngelaO'Mahony AngelaUnited StatesPQKBBOOK9910220112403321National security implications of virtual currency : examining the potential for non-state actor deployment2894551UNINA