Getting off the ground: the case of bitcoin

【Author】 Luther, William J.

【Source】JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS

【影响因子】2.029

【Abstract】By declaring an item legal tender or making it publicly receivable, governments might generate sufficient demand to determine the medium of exchange. How do private actors launch a new money? There are two views in the literature. The first requires offering an item with a use value to some agents that is distinct from its role as a medium of exchange. The second suggests that agents might coordinate on an intrinsically useless item. With these views in mind, I survey the logs from the original bitcoin forum, bitcoin-list. I find that early participants in the bitcoin community understood the importance of coordination and took steps to coordinate users.

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【发表时间】2019 APR

【收录时间】2022-01-02

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