Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 An Explanation of Bitcoin Adam Serwer Dana Liebelson 10
2 Bitcoin Points to the Future of Cryptocurrency Molly Wood 18
3 Bitcoin Is Insecure and Overhyped Jim Edwards 22
4 Bitcoin Is Doomed Because Transactions Are Irreversible Nicholas Weaver 27
5 Bitcoin Transactions Are Reversible Eli Dourado 33
6 Are Bitcoins Making Money Laundering Easier? Katherine Mangu-Ward 37
7 The Mt. Gox Disaster Has Seriously Damaged Bitcoin Michael Lewis 42
8 Bitcoin Shrugs Off Mt. Gox's Death Rattle Andy Greenberg 48
9 Bitcoin Is Built on and Promotes Privilege and Inequality Annie-Rose Strasser 52
10 Bitcoin Promotes Equality and Freedom Meghan K. Lords 56
11 Government Eyes Regulation of "Bitcoins" Kavya Sukumar 66
12 With or Without Government Regulation, Bitcoin Is Pointless Mark Gimein 70
13 The United States Should Ban Bitcoin Joe Manchin 73
Organizations to Contact 77
Bibliography 81
Index 86