
Bitcoin’s broken promise
Cypherpunks
once saw the crypto-currency as a victory for freedom and
decentralization. Instead, bitcoin has become a playground for the already powerful,
creating new forms of control.
Research director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos
Carl Miller is currently writing his first book, ‘Power,’ on how power is changing in the digital age, to be published by William Heinemann in August 2018. He founded the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the UK think tank, Demos. He’s written reports on conspiracy theories, digital literacy, digital politics, online hate and digital democracy, and is a visiting research fellow at King’s College, London.
Cypherpunks
once saw the crypto-currency as a victory for freedom and
decentralization. Instead, bitcoin has become a playground for the already powerful,
creating new forms of control.