Bitcoin Dynamics

In this week’s thematic thread we reflect on the dynamic lives of Bitcoin aficionados and their burning desire to ‘decentralize’ power in contemporary societies through the widespread adoption of digital money. Curated by Matan Shapiro.
Matan Shapiro is a Research Fellow in the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen. He has published extensively on religiosity, cosmology, kinship, rituals, play, intimacy and politics in contemporary Brazil. His current research focuses on libertarian social dynamics as these manifest in the contemporary booming cryptocurrency economy and the expansion of blockchain technology more generally.