National security implications of virtual currency : examining the potential for non-state actor deployment

National security implications of virtual currency : examining the potential for non-state actor deployment

"This report examines the feasibility for non-state actors, including terrorist and insurgent groups, to increase their political and/or economic power by deploying a virtual currency (VC) for use in regular economic transactions. A VC, such as Bitcoin, is a digital representation of value that...

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Autor Corporativo: United States Content Provider (content provider)
Otros Autores: Baron, Joshua William Author (author), Dion-Schwarz, Cynthia Author (contributor), Manheim, David, Contributor, Manheim, David, Author, O'Mahony, Angela Contributor, O'Mahony, Angela Author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] RAND National Defense Research Institute 2015
Colección:Research report National security implications of virtual currency
Materias:
Digital currency > Political aspects
National security > Economic aspects
Non-state actors (International relations) > Finance
Terrorism
Banking
Finance
Business & Economics
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421482206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The current state of virtual currencies
  • Can virtual currencies increase political power?
  • Technical challenges to virtual currency deployment
  • Implications beyond currency
  • Conclusions and future research
  • Appendix. Rating cyber threat sophistication by tiers.

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