CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND MONETARY THEORY: AN INTRODUCTION

The traditional concept of money is not suitable for studying the cryptocurrencyphenomenon. A more sophisticated definition is presented in this article as asuperior alternative for studying and analyzing cryptocurrencies. Its employment in theanalysis allows us to conclude that the major monetary i...

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Autores: Bertolai, Jefferson Donizeti Pereira, Oliveira, Victor Augusto de Almeida
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Análise Econômica (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/84874
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/AnaliseEconomica/article/view/84874
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Criptomoedas
Moeda
Monitoramento
Bitcoin
E42
Cryptocurrency
Money
Monitoring
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Sumario:The traditional concept of money is not suitable for studying the cryptocurrencyphenomenon. A more sophisticated definition is presented in this article as asuperior alternative for studying and analyzing cryptocurrencies. Its employment in theanalysis allows us to conclude that the major monetary innovation of cryptocurrenciesis to make feasible producing reliable and flexible evidence of production of goods andservices without monitoring the actions of those responsible for issuing and managingsuch evidence. The main contribution of this article is to disseminate the employeddefinition of money and the fundamental concept of cryptocurrency as implied by theEconomic Theory. This is especially important for the Brazilian context, in which theseconcepts are not widespread.