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Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-48236-3 — Blockchain Democracy William Magnuson Index More Information Index ABN Amro, 29 AXA, French insurer, 83 abortion, 11 Axelrod, David, 111 ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union Aztecs, 27 Advanced Voting Solutions, 87 Adventures of Tron, 10 Baldet, Amber, 203 Agora, 88 Bancor, 99 AlphaBay, 119 Bangladesh, 186 altcoins, 77–78 bank bailout of 2008, See Troubled Asset Relief Dash, 77 Program Dogecoin, 77 Bank for International Settlements, 132 Litecoin, 77 Bank Secrecy Act, 160 Tether, 77 banks, 9, 73, 83, 99, 164, 227, 242 Amazon, 76 Barclays, 83 America Online, 16 Barlow, John Perry, 17 American Civil Liberties Union, 110 Becker, Gary, 102 American Express, 27 Bell, Jim, 23–25 Andreesen, Marc, 73, 208 Benichou, Laurent, 83 Andresen, Gavin, 42, 43, 115 Bickel, Alexander, 142 anonymity, 26 Bill of Rights, 16 Anti-Drug Abuse Act, 109 Binance, 175 anti-money-laundering rules, 73 binge drinking, 108 Antminer, 130, 131 BIS. See Bank for International Settlements AOL. See America Online Bit Gold, 29, 207 application-specific integrated circuits, 56, 76, BitBay, 175 123, 134 Bitcoiin cryptocurrency, 78 Arctic Circle, 122, 123, 124 bitcoin Aristotle, 35, 196 ”1 RETURN” bug, 115 Arizona, 183 0.8 fork, 41 ASICs. See application-specific integrated addresses, 44, 47 circuits anonymity of, 104–6 Assange, Julian, 23 arms race in mining, 10, 74, 75, 76, 129, 132, Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the 139, 205, 206 Internet, 23 Bitcoin Core, 45 assassination markets, 23–25, 209 bitcoin forum, 69, 70 Astroblast, 10 bitcoin pizza, 69, 74, 205, 208 Atlas Shrugged, 18 bitcointalk.org, 68 252 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-48236-3 — Blockchain Democracy William Magnuson Index More Information Index 253 block rewards, 128 Block.one, 79 block size, 58 blockchain boom in, 208 block size, 58 carbon footprint, 127 contents of blocks, 54 coinbase transaction, 57 elections, 85–90 collapse of Mt. Gox, 1–4 energy consumption, 209 commodity, 161 energy use, 126–27 community, 42, 112 forks, 42 conflicting transactions, 58 formation of blocks, 54 consensus, 60 longest valid chain protocol, 58 creation, 9–11 mechanics of, 44–59 crime, 97–100 orphaned blocks, 59 crime rate, 98 permissioned blockchains, 84, 85 culture, 112 shipping, 84–85 digital signatures, 51 winning blocks, 57 double-spend attack, 53, 58 Blockchain Island, 173, 175 energy use, 126–27 Blockchain Operated New Debt exchanges, 70 Instrument, 84 genesis block, 41, 54 B-Money, 29, 207 hash functions, 48–51 Boden Business Agency, 122, 123 hash power, 56 Boden, Sweden, 122–26 improvement proposals, 45 Bornstein, Gary, 198–99, 200 issuance limit, 57 Brennan Center for Justice, 87 ledger, 53 Brexit, 178 lost bitcoin, 99 Bridges, Shaun, 95–97 mechanics of, 44–59 Brito, Jerry, 180, 191–94 mining, 56, 57 broken windows theory, 116–18 mixers, 105 BTC-e, 93–97, 107, 120, 164 nodes, 52 Buchanan, Pat, 86 private keys, 48 Buffett, Warren, 98 proof of work, 55–57 bug bounties, 113 SHA- 256,49 Bush, George W., 86 software, 45 Buterin, Vitalik, 62, 63, 65, 81–83, 140, 141, 174, status as a security, 155–60 223, 227, thefts, 99 butterfly ballot, 86 traceability, 131 transaction volume, 57, 132 cacao, 27 tumblers, 105 California Institute of Technology, 10 validation, 52 Canaan Creative, 123 volatility, 74 Card, Orson Scott, 18 wallets, 97 Cardona, Christian, 174, 175 white paper, 9, 67, 104 Casares, Wences, 73, 208 Bitcoin Core, 45 Cavendish, William, 12 BitFury, 76 Center for Democracy and Technology, 89 BitGrail, 99 Centra cryptocurrency, 78 BitInstant, 73, 119 CFPB. See Consumer Financial Protection BitLicense, 180, 181 Bureau BitMain, 76, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 235 CFTC. See Commodity Futures Trading black dot bug, 114 Commission Blaze, Matt, 114 chads, 86 block size, 58 Chaum, David, 10, 27–30, 34, 207 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-48236-3 — Blockchain Democracy William Magnuson Index More Information 254 Index cheating, in universities, 103 deadcoins.com, 79 Chelan County, Washington, 132 Declaration of the Independence of China, 186, 209, 210 Cyberspace, 17 Christ Church, 13 Defcon conference, 87 Clayton, Jay, 159 Defense Advanced Research Projects Clinton, Bill, 178, 211 Agency, 16 cocaine, sentencing disparity, 109–10 Delaware, 180 Coin Center, 180, 191 Democratic Party, 201 Coinbase exchange, 106, 161, 164 Deutsche Bank, 28 coinbase transaction, 57 Diamond Reserve Club, 144–49 Coincheck, 99 DigiCash, 28 CoinMarketCap, 78 Digiconimist, 126 Coinrail, 99 digital signatures, 51, 130 cold storage, 3 Dimon, Jamie, 72, 98 Columbia Law School, 169 Discourses, of Machiavelli, 35, 36 Commodity Exchange Act, 161 Dispute Settlement Body, 186 Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Dogecoin cryptocurrency, 77 161, 179 dollar as currency, 32 commonality, horizontal and vertical, 157 Donald, James, 68 Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 84 double-spend attack, 53, 58 community policing, 118 Dread Pirate Roberts, 71, 72, 95–97, 209 Condorcet, Nicolas de, 197 drug sentencing, 109 Constitution of the United States, 16, 142, 152 drugs/drug trafficking. See Silk Road Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 183 Durden, Tyler, 191 Corda, 194 Cornell University, 62, 113 ECash, 27–30, 207 cowrie shells, 27 ECDSA. See Elliptic Curve Digital Signature crack, sentencing disparity, 109–10 Algorithm credit cards, 27 elections, 85–90 Credit Suisse, 28, 83 Electronic Frontier Foundation, 18, 20 Crypto Anarchist Manifesto, 18, 24 electronic funds transfer, 27 Crypto Anarchy game, 18 electronic voting machines, 86 Crypto Mom. See Peirce, Hester Elements of Law, 12 Cryptonomicon, 10 Eleuthria, 44 cyberlibertarians, 17 Elliptic, 97 Cyphernomicon, 25 Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm, 51 cypherpunks, 39, 195, 206 Ellsworth, Oliver, 142 A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto, 20–23, 195 Ender’s Game, 18 assassination markets, 23–25 English Civil War, 12, 13 Freedom and the Future of the Internet, 23 Enlai, Zhou, 177 generally, 17–27 Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, 83 mailing list, 19 EOS token, 79 manifesto, Wired magazine cover, 20 Equal Protection Clause, 86 ETF. See exchange traded funds DAO, 61–66, 110 Ethereum, 65, 110, 140, 141, 157, 174, 208 Dark Cavern, 10 banks’ interest in, 82 dark web, 208 creation of, 81–83 DARPA. See Defense Advanced Research hacking of DAO, 61–66 Projects Agency launch of, 82 Dash cryptocurrency, 77 white paper, 81 De Filippi, Primavera, 168 Ethereum Classic, 66 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-48236-3 — Blockchain Democracy William Magnuson Index More Information Index 255 European Union, 185 Gu¨ n Sirer, Emin, 62 exchange traded funds, 187 Gyges, ring of, 101, 114 exchanges, 70 anonymity in, 106 Hall, Joseph, 89 hacking of, 99, 111 Hamilton, Alexander, 141 executive compensation, 178 Hanyecz, Laszlo, 69, 74, 75, 208 Eyal, Ittay, 113 Hart, H.L.A., 151, 152 Harvard Law School, 169 Facebook, 123, 187, 199 Harvard University, 116, 184 Fair Sentencing Act, 110 hash functions, 48–51, 54 Fancy Bear hacking group, 97 hiding, 49 Fannie Mae, 67 collision resistance, 49 Federalist Papers, 141, 142, 212 SHA- 256, 49, 55 Fenton, Bruce, 65 hash power, 76, 113, 129, 130, 134, 234 Fight Club, 191 hashcash, 29, 207 Financial Conduct Authority, 183 Hashflare, 126 Financial Crimes Enforcement Hayek, Friedrich, 197 Network, 160 Heap, Imogen, 169 financial crisis, 67 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 198 Finley, Moses, 66 Hilton, Paris, 78 Finney, Hal, 10, 11, 25, 29, 67, 74 Hinman, William, 158 Fizzy, 83 History of the Peloponnesian War, 12 Florida, 86 Hive Blockchain, 123, 124, 125 Force, Carl Mark, 95–97 Hobbes, Thomas, 11–13, 14, 16, 39, 206 forks, 42, 64–66 background, 12 France, Anatole, 162 Leviathan, 12–13 Freddie Mac, 67 Hong Kong Stock Exchange, 134 Howey Company, 155 Galbraith, John Kenneth, 27 Howey test, 148, 149, 155 Gates, Bill, 29, 98 Hughes, Eric Gawker, 71 A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto, 20–23 genesis block, 41, 54 generally, 17–23, 206 Genesis Mining, 123, 125 Hydro-Quebec, 135 genetically modified organisms, 185 hyperinflation, 32–33 Georgetown University, 114 gerrymandering, 85, 201 IBM, 80, 84, 208 Gilmore, John, 17–20, 206 IBM ThinkCentre, 74 Glaucon, 39, 101, 114 Iceland, 76, 209 Glorious Revolution, 13 ICOs. See initial coin offerings GMOs. See genetically modified organisms IMF. See International Monetary Fund Gnutella, 10 immutability, 64 Goldman Sachs, 72, 76, 162 ING bank, 29 Goldsmith, Jack, 169, 170 Ingram, Amy, 192–93 Gore, Al, 86 initial coin offerings, 78–79, 147, 208 Gorsuch, Neil, 153 Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts, 113 gossip protocols, 52, 53 Intel, 17 graphics processing units, 75, 139 Internal Revenue Service, 106, 160, 161, 162 Green, Curtis, 96 International Monetary Fund, 176 group polarization. See polarization Internet Explorer, 17 GRU intelligence agency, 97 internet service providers, 16 gun control, 11 investment contracts, 155 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-48236-3 — Blockchain Democracy William Magnuson Index More Information 256 Index iPhone, 114 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 174 Ireland, 56, 209 Mastercard, 27 IRS. See Internal Revenue Service Mattel, 10 IT University of Copenhagen, 87 May, Timothy assassination markets, 24 J.P. Morgan, 72, 83, 194, 203 Crypto Anarchist Manifesto, 18 Jay, John, 142 Cyphernomicon, 25 Jentzsch, Christoph, 61–66
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