Can Bitcoin Become a Major Currency?

At present, bitcoin is held mostly as a speculative vehicle, little used to pay for goods and services. Its value has been unstable, which impedes bitcoin’s wider use as a payment medium. We explain why the value of bitcoin has been so unstable. Then, we discuss entrepreneurial efforts that might enable bitcoin to become a more commonly accepted payment medium

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Year of publication:	2018
Authors:	Luther, William J. ; White, Lawrence H.
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Welt \| World \| Online-Handel \| Online retailing \| US-Dollar \| US dollar \| Elektronisches Geld \| Electronic money \| Virtuelle Währung \| Virtual currency

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (9 p)
Series:	GMU Working Paper in Economics ; No. 14-17
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments June 5, 2014 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2446604 [DOI]
Classification:	E40 - Money and Interest Rates. General ; E41 - Demand for Money ; E42 - Monetary Systems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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