National Security Implications of Virtual Currency Examining the Potential for Non-state Actor Deployment

• Main Author: Baron, Joshua (auth)
• Other Authors: O'Mahony, Angela (auth), Manheim, David (auth), Dion-Schwarz, Cynthia (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2015
• Subjects: Information technology: general issues; Computer security; Internet: general works; Terrorism, armed struggle; Communications engineering / telecommunications; Technology; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report examines the feasibility for non-state actors, including terrorist and insurgent groups, to increase their political and/or economic power by deploying a virtual currency (VC) for use in regular economic transactions. This report should be of interest to policymakers interested in techno...