Crypto Crowds

Matan Shapiro

ISBN 10: 1805392921 / ISBN 13: 9781805392927

Verlag: Berghahn Books, GB, 2024

Ownership of cryptocurrencies features contrasting forms of mobilization. On one hand, it denotes association with a global crowd of unrelated individual investors, which expands as it attracts more members. On the other hand, it includes participation in grassroots communities, which are generally more insular. Crypto Crowds demonstrates how this tension generates political, economic and moral realities in different cultural and geographical contexts. Pioneering in its approach to cryptocurrency trading, this volume will inspire scholars interested in the sociality of decentralized business models, boom-and-bust cycles on the blockchain, libertarian utopias and other postmodern crowding phenomena. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781805392927

Inhaltsangabe:

Develops a new, innovative approach to cryptocurrency by exploring crowd and community dynamics of cryptocurrency advocates. Analyses how the increasing digitalization and datafication of life will increase the relevance of cryptocurrencies. Includes short essays by prominent anthropology scholars who use their ethnographic background to look at cryptocurrencies from a perspective not seen before.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Matan Shapiro is a Social Anthropologist currently researching synoptic surveillance and changing notions of alterity online as part of the ERC-funded SAMCOM Project at the department of Digital Humanities, King's College London.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Crypto Crowds
Verlag: Berghahn Books, GB
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: New