Bitcoin, money without a community?

Abstract

The bitcoin is being proposed as a useful case study to problematize the issue of designing new forms of money given its apparent uniqueness from the historical point of view . There are two arguments to support this view . The two assumptions in the light of a broader and more detailed analysis reveal that they are unfounded . The proposal advanced here is to consider the novelty of bitcoin brought about another issue and to discuss the broader social implications as well .