The Economics of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

A Transaction Costs Revolution

Buch | Hardcover

222 Seiten

2022
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80088-233-1 (ISBN)

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This timely book is an innovative look at how blockchain technology will transform the structure of social and economic life. The security of blockchain supports the provision and maintenance of reliable databases and the creation of rule-based governance protocols. Leading contributors expertly review the impact of blockchain on existing structures of law, monetary systems, supply chains and business organizations.

Using economic and institutional theory, the book presents a vision for understanding the future development of blockchain technology and outlines the likely path of transformation that blockchain will drive in industry, supply chains and firms. Furthermore, it answers key questions such as: will Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency become the money of the future? How has blockchain already begun transforming economic activity? How can we evaluate the likely trajectory of technological development and application?

This informative book is an excellent resource for academics or professionals interested in a theoretically sound perspective on blockchain. Written in an accessible prose, it provides an introduction for non-experts looking to learn more about the wide-ranging implications of blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Edited by James Lee Caton, Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise, Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, US

Contents:

Introduction to The Economics of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency x
James Lee Caton
1 Institutional cryptoeconomics 1
Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
2 Can cryptocurrencies become a commonly accepted means
of exchange? 13
Nicolás Cachanosky
3 Fiat money, cryptocurrencies and monetary theory 29
David Glasner
4 The value of bitcoin in the year 2141 (and beyond!) 51
Joshua R. Hendrickson and William J. Luther
5 The Silicon Savannah: exploring the promise of
cryptocurrency in Africa 69
Scott Burns
6 How blockchain technology can impact agriculture 95
Prithviraj Lakkakula and William W. Wilson
7 Blockchain and the law – legality, law-like characteristics,
and legal applications 117
Eric Alston
8 Signals and incentives in blockchain applications 145
Cameron Harwick
9 Trustless architecture and the V-form organization 165
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
10 On V-form firms: governance, cryptocurrency, and
internalization on the blockchain 181
James Lee Caton

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Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2022
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Kryptologie
	Naturwissenschaften
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-80088-233-5 / 1800882335
ISBN-13	978-1-80088-233-1 / 9781800882331
Zustand	Neuware