Money Code Space Hidden Power In Bitcoin, Blockchain, And Decentralisation Oxford Studies Digital Politics Series

Money Code Space Hidden Power In Bitcoin, Blockchain, And Decentralisation Oxford Studies Digital Politics Series
Following the catastrophic events of the 2008 global financial crisis, an anonymous hacker released Bitcoin to claw back power from commercial and central banks. Its underlying architecture, blockchain, is now championed for delivering a decentralised global economya world free from hierarchy and control. Money Code Space shatters these emancipatory claims by revealing acute geographies of power that lie behind blockchain networks. Drawing on first-handexperience in cryptocurrency communities and start-up companies from Silicon Valley to London, Jack Parkin untangles the complex web of culture, politics, and economics that truly drive decentralisation.
Nº de Páginas: 312
Encadernação: Capa Mole / Paperback
Tema: Political economy