Open AccessEconomicsComputer ScienceBusiness
DOI: 10.20955/r.2018.107-15

Abstract

Do Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies play a useful social role, or do they represent a social waste? Bitcoin is a decentralized recordkeeping system, with updating of the record of transactions in the blockchain.

Citation format

WILLIAMSON, S. Is bitcoin a waste of resources. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS REVIEW, 2018, 100: 107–115.