National security implications of virtual currency : examining the potential for non-state actor deployment /

"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. A VC, such as Bitcoin, is a digital representation of value that...

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Main Authors:	Baron, Joshua William (Author), O'Mahony, Angela (Author), Manheim, David (Author), Dion-Schwarz, Cynthia (Author)
Corporate Authors:	National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) (Researcher), United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense (sponsoring body,)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND National Defense Research Institute, [2015]
Series:	Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-1231-OSD.
Subjects:	Electronic funds transfers > Political aspects. National security > Economic aspects. Non-state actors (International relations) Terrorism > Finance. Bitcoin.
Online Access:	Link to electronic resource