The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism
17th July 2022
Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been widely promoted as a digital currency that will revolutionize everything from online commerce to the nation-state. Yet supporters of Bitcoin and its blockchain technology subscribe to a form of cyberlibertarianism that depends to a surprising extent on far-right political thought.
I’ll bet you didn’t know that cybercurrency is Right-Wing Extremism.