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Blockchains: How they work and why they'll change the world.
- Source :
- IEEE Spectrum; Oct2017, Vol. 54 Issue 10, p26-35, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Bitcoin was hatched as an act of defiance. Unleashed in the wake of the Great Recession, the cryptocurrency was touted by its early champions as an antidote to the inequities and corruption of the traditional financial system. They cherished the belief that as this parallel currency took off, it would compete with and ultimately dismantle the institutions that had brought about the crisis. Bitcoin's unofficial catchphrase, "In cryptography we trust," left no doubt about who was to blame: It was the middlemen, the bankers, the "trusted" third parties who actually couldn't be trusted. These humans simply got in the way of other humans, skimming profits and complicating transactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BLOCKCHAINS
BITCOIN
CRYPTOCURRENCIES
CRYPTOGRAPHY
COMPUTER hacking
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00189235
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Spectrum
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 125422413
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2017.8048836