Bitcoin: a Money-like Informational Commodity

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Authors
Publication date 19-02-2014
Edition 1
Number of pages 26
Publisher Amsterdam: Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Informatics Institute (IVI)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI)
Abstract The question "what is Bitcoin" allows for many answers depending on the objectives aimed at when providing such answers. The question addressed in this paper is to determine a top-level classification, or type, for Bitcoin. We will classify Bitcoin as a system of type money-like informational commodity (MLIC).
Document type Report
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Language English
Published at http://arxiv.org/abs/1402.4778v1
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