Crypto Critiques
The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism
- Author / institution
- David Golumbia
- Year
- 2016
- Publication type
- Book
- Published in
- University of Minnesota Press
Book2016Why it is in the Library
The Library is not propaganda: this is one of the most cited critical arguments, and anyone defending crypto from the left needs to know it.
About the work
Golumbia argues that the discourse around Bitcoin reproduces far-right ideas about the state, money and central banks, even when adopted by people who do not identify with them.
Themes
Bibliographic reference
GOLUMBIA, David. The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
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