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9781517901806

The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism

David Golumbia

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University of Minnesota Press
9781517901806

 The first comprehensive account of Bitcoin’s underlying right-wing politics

Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been widely promoted as a digital currency that will revolutionize everything from online commerce to the nation-state. Yet supporters of Bitcoin and its blockchain technology subscribe to a form of cyberlibertarianism that depends to a surprising extent on far-right political thought.