LEADER 03611oam 2200613zu 450 001 9910220112403321 005 20210807004918.0 010 $a0-8330-9369-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000595157 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001622557 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16358975 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001622557 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14917791 035 $a(PQKB)11553645 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000595157 100 $a20160829d2015 uy 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNational security implications of virtual currency : examining the potential for non-state actor deployment 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cRAND National Defense Research Institute$d2015 225 0 $aResearch report National security implications of virtual currency 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8330-9183-2 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $a"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. 517 $aNational Security Implications of Virtual Currency 606 $aDigital currency$xPolitical aspects 606 $aNational security$xEconomic aspects 606 $aNon-state actors (International relations)$xFinance 606 $aTerrorism 606 $aBanking$2HILCC 606 $aFinance$2HILCC 606 $aBusiness & Economics$2HILCC 615 0$aDigital currency$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aNational security$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aNon-state actors (International relations)$xFinance 615 0$aTerrorism 615 7$aBanking 615 7$aFinance 615 7$aBusiness & Economics 700 $aBaron$b Joshua William$01248979 702 $aDion-Schwarz$b Cynthia 702 $aManheim$b David 702 $aManheim$b David 702 $aO'Mahony$b Angela 702 $aO'Mahony$b Angela 712 02$aUnited States 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220112403321 996 $aNational security implications of virtual currency : examining the potential for non-state actor deployment$92894551 997 $aUNINA