 Mt.Gox Is Dead, Long Live Bitcoin!Francesco Bolici () and
Sara Della Rosa ()
A chapter in Empowering Organizations, 2016, pp 285-296 from Springer Abstract: Abstract In the last decade the intensity and frequency of business and social interactions mediated by digital channels have dramatically increased. Participating in virtual communities, communicating via internet, buying product and services through the web is part of our daily behavior. It is not a surprise the tremendous expansion that virtual currencies are experiencing. Virtual currency exchange platforms (VCEP), specialized in trading virtual currency are becoming increasingly popular. The combination of these two concepts calls for a deeper understanding of their value and models both from an organizational and an information system perspective. We investigate Mt.Gox, one of the most popular VCEP, trading till 70 % of Bitcoin transactions in 2013, and suddenly collapsing as consequence of managerial choices and cyber-attacks. We explore this case study in order to understand the value and the risks associated to the system and the consequences of the breakdown of one of the most important player. Keywords: Virtual currency; E-currency; Bitcoin; Mt.gox; Exchange platform; Exchange market; Hacker; Cyber attack (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:lnichp:978-3-319-23784-8_22 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-23784-8_22 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization from Springer |
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