Social sciences to the rise and development of cryptocurrencies: an analysis of the notion

• Authors: Wojciech Mincewicz

Title variants

PL

Nauki społeczne wobec powstania i rozwoju kryptowalut: analiza pojęcia

Abstracts

PL

Celem artykułu jest konceptualizacja, to znaczy wyjaśnienie, analiza znaczenia i wskazanie ram interpretacji pojęcia „kryptowaluty” na gruncie nauk społecznych, w tym politologii. Jako zagadnienie interdyscyplinarne, polisemiczne, a zarazem novum technologiczne, kryptowaluty stanowią wyzwanie dla przedstawicieli świata nauki. Zaproponowany heurystyczny model analizy pojęcia oparty o aspekt technologiczny, prawny oraz ekonomiczny wskazuje, że w szerokim ujęciu kryptowalut należy rozumieć jako: zdecentralizowany, funkcjonujący w sieci o architekturze peer-to-peer, zabezpieczony kryptograficznie, oparty na zaufaniu i konsensusie, typ waluty wirtualnej, spełniający w sposób niepełny niektóre funkcje pieniądza. Wyjaśnienie treści poprzez jeden z aspektów funkcjonowania kryptowalut stanowi jego zawężenie.

EN

The aim of the article is to conceptualize, that is, to explain, analyze the meaning and indicate the framework for the interpretation of the concept of “cryptocurrency” in social sciences, including political science. As issue an interdisciplinary, polysemic and at the same time novum technological novelty, cryptocurrencies are a challenge for representatives of the world of science. The proposed heuristic model of concept analysis based on the technological, legal and economic aspect indicates that in the broad sense of cryptocurrencies it should be understood as: decentralized, functioning in a network with a peer-to-peer architecture, cryptographically secured, based on trust and consensus, type of virtual currency, that meets some of the functions of money. Explaining the content by one aspect of the functioning of cryptocurrencies is its narrowing down.

Keywords

EN

cryptocurrencies; Satoshi Nakamoto; blockchain; technological revolution; financial instruments

PL

kryptowaluty; Satoshi Nakamoto; łańcuch bloków; rewolucja technologiczna; instrumenty finansowe

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Politologiczny
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 93-104

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Wojciech Mincewicz

• Uniwersytet Warszawski

• https://orcid.org/0000000304609158

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/pp.2021.26.3.7

Biblioteka Nauki

2083370