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Cryptographic Currencies from a Tech-Policy Perspective: Policy Issues and Technical Directions

Authors : Emily McReynolds, Adam Lerner, Will Scott, Franziska Roesner, Tadayoshi Kohno

Published in: Financial Cryptography and Data Security

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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We study legal and policy issues surrounding crypto currencies, such as Bitcoin, and how those issues interact with technical design options. With an interdisciplinary team, we consider in depth a variety of issues surrounding law, policy, and crypto currencies—such as the physical location where a crypto currency’s value exists for jurisdictional and other purposes, the regulation of anonymous or pseudonymous currencies, and challenges as virtual currency protocols and laws evolve. We reflect on how different technical directions may interact with the relevant laws and policies, raising key issues for both policy experts and technologists.

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Title: Cryptographic Currencies from a Tech-Policy Perspective: Policy Issues and Technical Directions
Authors: Emily McReynolds
Adam Lerner
Will Scott
Franziska Roesner
Tadayoshi Kohno
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book: Financial Cryptography and Data Security
Print ISBN: 978-3-662-48050-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-662-48051-9

Copyright Year: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48051-9_8

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