Bitcoin and beyond
www.nesta.org.uk/blog/bitcoin-and-beyond/
www.nesta.org.uk/blog/bitcoin-and-beyond/
Bitcoin's potential doesn't end with currency. This is a space where identity, trust and digital technologies intersect.
In this note I look at what’s happening in the space where identity, trust and digital technologies intersect.
I also assess the potential of Bitcoin technologies – both for supporting new kinds of money (what kinds of new money do we actually need?) and for non-monetary uses, which may in the long-run turn out to be much more important than Bitcoin’s role as a currency.
