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

• Autor principal: Baron, Joshua (auth)
• Otros Autores: O'Mahony, Angela (auth), Manheim, David (auth), Dion-Schwarz, Cynthia (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: RAND Corporation 2015
• Materias: Information technology: general issues; Computer security; Internet: general works; Terrorism, armed struggle; Communications engineering / telecommunications; Technology; Political Science
• Acceso en línea: 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...