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Ketten des (Miss-)Vertrauens. Über die Blockchain, Bitcoins und Verwandtes

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Blockchain has found its way out of technical obscurity via a largely faded phase of utopian-mystifying enthusiasm to established industry solutions. Blockchain-based crypto currencies have long been accepted as a means of payment and are tentatively being used institutionally as well. Nevertheless, Block- chain solutions still seem to sell a promise that seeks to satisfy a social need—that of trust within systems. A glance at the technicalities of Blockchain, however, allows insights into the possibility of such techno-social promises and their (non-)redeemability.

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van Treeck, Jan Claas: Ketten des (Miss-)Vertrauens. Über die Blockchain, Bitcoins und Verwandtes. In: ZMK Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung, Jg. 10 (2019), Nr. 2, S. 127-136.10.28937/1000108357
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