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“When perhaps the real problem is money itself!”: the practical materiality of Bitcoin
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This paper investigates the semiotics of Bitcoin, an electronic cash system that uses decentralized networking to enable irreversible payments. For enthusiasts, Bitcoin provides an alternative to currencies and payment systems that are seen to threaten users' privacy, limit personal liberty, and undermine the value of money through state and corporate oversight. Bitcoin's promise lies in its apparent capacity to resolve these concerns not through regulatory institutions or interpersonal trust, but through its cryptographic protocols. We characterize this semiotics as a “practical materialism” and suggest it replays debates about privacy, labor, and value.
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“Indeed, as we have previously argued (Maurer et al., 2013), the discourse around Bitcoin suggests a shared belief that the value of a commodityin this case, a cryptographic one-forms the basis for a shared economy and, thus, community.”
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- Authors
- Maurer, B., Nelms, T. C., & Swartz, L.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- Corresponding author
- Maurer, Bill
- Venue
- Social Semiotics
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-04
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 261-277
- ISSN
- 1035-0330 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-1219
- OpenAlex
- W1993755359
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- FWCI
- 319.54
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- journal article
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- en
- Open access
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- Funders
- National Science Foundation (0960423)
- University of California, Irvine
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Semiotics and Representation Studies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
- Social Sciences › Communication › Cultural Studies and Postmodernism
- Keywords
- Bitcoin, semiotics, practical materialism, electronic money, decentralized networks, cryptographic protocols, privacy, money, values, labor, alternative currencies, payment systems
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