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“When perhaps the real problem is money itself!”: the practical materiality of Bitcoin

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Maurer, Bill, Nelms, Taylor C., Swartz, Lana·2013·Social Semiotics
DOI 10.1080/10350330.2013.777594
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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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Authors
Maurer, B., Nelms, T. C., & Swartz, L.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Irvine (US)
  • University of Southern California (US)
Corresponding author
Maurer, Bill
ORCID
Venue
Social Semiotics
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2013-04
Volume
23
Issue
2
Pages
261-277
ISSN
  • 1035-0330 (ISSN-L)
  • 1470-1219
DOI
10.1080/10350330.2013.777594
OpenAlex
W1993755359
Cited by
465
References
23
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 51 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 64 · 2019: 66 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 28 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 2
FWCI
319.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Social Semiotics (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
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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