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Natürlich kennen Sie diese Vorurteile: Kryptogeld ist nur etwas für Kriminelle, Bitcoin verbraucht sinnlos unvorstellbare Mengen an Strom und mit dem digitalen Euro will uns die Politik das Bargeld wegnehmen, um uns besser überwachen zu können. Und überhaupt: Der ganze Hype um Kryptowerte ist bloss eine grosse Blase. Mit diesen Vorurteilen räumt der Chefvolkswirt und Geldexperte Cyrus de la Rubia gründlich auf und erläutert in seinem Buch, warum es in Zukunft für die Menschen ganz normal sein wird, mit unterschiedlichsten Formen des Geldes zu bezahlen. Es wird eine neue Vielfalt des Geldes geben. Neben Bitcoin, Ether und digitalem Euro können das Stablecoins und digitalisierte Vermögenswerte wie Immobilien, Oldtimer und Kunstwerke sein. Damit werden die Grenzen zwischen Geld und Vermögen verschwimmen. Diese Entwicklungen haben gesellschaftliche Folgen. Dabei geht es beispielsweise darum, inwieweit Regierungen noch in der Lage sein werden, den Lauf der Wirtschaft zu beeinflussen, welche Auswirkungen Kryptowährungen auf den Klimaschutz haben, und ob Menschen durch die neuen Geldformen einen vereinfachten Zugang zu Finanzdienstleistungen bekommen werden. Wenn Sie erfahren möchten, warum sich unser Geldsystem im Umbruch befindet, wie die Kryptowelt funktioniert und welche Geldformen für Sie in Frage kommen, sollten Sie dieses Buch lesen. Wenn Sie in der Finanzbranche arbeiten, ist dieses Buch ohnehin ein Muss. (Verlagstext)

International audience ; Bitcoin is a decentralised currency and payment system that seeks to eliminate the need for trusted authorities. It relies on a peer-to-peer network and cryptographic protocols to perform the functions of traditional financial intermediaries, such as verifying transactions and preserving the integrity of the system. This article examines the political economy of Bitcoin, in light of a recent dispute that divided the Bitcoin community with regard to a seemingly simple technical issue: whether or not to increase the block size of the Bitcoin blockchain. By looking at the socio-technical constructs of Bitcoin, the article distinguishes between two distinct coordination mechanisms: governance by the infrastructure (achieved via the Bitcoin protocol) and governance of the infrastructure (managed by the community of developers and other stakeholders). It then analyses the invisible politics inherent in these two mechanisms, which together display a highly technocratic power structure. On the one hand, as an attempt to be self-governing and self-sustaining, the Bitcoin network exhibits a strong market-driven approach to social trust and coordination, which has been embedded directly into the technical protocol. On the other hand, despite being an open source project, the development and maintenance of the Bitcoin code ultimately relies on a small core of highly skilled developers who play a key role in the design of the platform.

International audience ; Bitcoin is a decentralised currency and payment system that seeks to eliminate the need for trusted authorities. It relies on a peer-to-peer network and cryptographic protocols to perform the functions of traditional financial intermediaries, such as verifying transactions and preserving the integrity of the system. This article examines the political economy of Bitcoin, in light of a recent dispute that divided the Bitcoin community with regard to a seemingly simple technical issue: whether or not to increase the block size of the Bitcoin blockchain. By looking at the socio-technical constructs of Bitcoin, the article distinguishes between two distinct coordination mechanisms: governance by the infrastructure (achieved via the Bitcoin protocol) and governance of the infrastructure (managed by the community of developers and other stakeholders). It then analyses the invisible politics inherent in these two mechanisms, which together display a highly technocratic power structure. On the one hand, as an attempt to be self-governing and self-sustaining, the Bitcoin network exhibits a strong market-driven approach to social trust and coordination, which has been embedded directly into the technical protocol. On the other hand, despite being an open source project, the development and maintenance of the Bitcoin code ultimately relies on a small core of highly skilled developers who play a key role in the design of the platform.

International audience ; Bitcoin is a decentralised currency and payment system that seeks to eliminate the need for trusted authorities. It relies on a peer-to-peer network and cryptographic protocols to perform the functions of traditional financial intermediaries, such as verifying transactions and preserving the integrity of the system. This article examines the political economy of Bitcoin, in light of a recent dispute that divided the Bitcoin community with regard to a seemingly simple technical issue: whether or not to increase the block size of the Bitcoin blockchain. By looking at the socio-technical constructs of Bitcoin, the article distinguishes between two distinct coordination mechanisms: governance by the infrastructure (achieved via the Bitcoin protocol) and governance of the infrastructure (managed by the community of developers and other stakeholders). It then analyses the invisible politics inherent in these two mechanisms, which together display a highly technocratic power structure. On the one hand, as an attempt to be self-governing and self-sustaining, the Bitcoin network exhibits a strong market-driven approach to social trust and coordination, which has been embedded directly into the technical protocol. On the other hand, despite being an open source project, the development and maintenance of the Bitcoin code ultimately relies on a small core of highly skilled developers who play a key role in the design of the platform.