Crypto Critiques
Cryptocurrencies: looking beyond the hype
- Author / institution
- Bank for International Settlements
- Year
- 2018
- Publication type
- Report
- Published in
- BIS Annual Economic Report 2018
Report2018Why it is in the Library
It represents the most influential institutional critique. Knowing the central banks' argument is a condition for debating it.
About the work
The chapter discusses scalability, value stability and trust, and compares how decentralized ledgers work with institution-based monetary systems.
Themes
Bibliographic reference
BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS. Cryptocurrencies: looking beyond the hype. In: BIS Annual Economic Report 2018. Basel: BIS, 2018. cap. V.
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