Algorithmic authority: The case of Bitcoin

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2015-March, Issue , 2015, Pages 743-752

  Lustig, Caitlin ^a   Nardi, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority; Bitcoin; Cryptocurrency; Trust

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCURRENCY; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

AUTHORITY; DAILY LIVES; HUMAN ACTIONS; HUMAN JUDGMENTS; SURVEY DATA; TRUST;

BITCOIN;

EID: 84944215428     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2015.95     Document Type: Conference Paper

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