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Die ökonomischen Kosten des Bitcoin-Mining

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Bitcoins werden in der Öffentlichkeit momentan vor allem unter den Aspekten des »staatsfernen« Geldes und der Gefahren einer spekulativen Blase diskutiert. In der Euphorie über die neue Form digitaler Währung wird häufig übersehen, dass Bitcoins und andere Kryptowährungen im Gegensatz zum traditionellen Geld erhebliche reale Kosten bei der Erzeugung verursachen. Allein die Erzeugung von Bitcoins dürfte seit 2010 mehr als 5 Mrd. US-Dollar gekostet haben.

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  • Marcel Thum, 2018. "Die ökonomischen Kosten des Bitcoin-Mining," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 71(02), pages 18-20, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:71:y:2018:i:02:p:18-20
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    1. Thomas Mayer & Julian Grigo & Patrick Hansen & Lars Hornuf & Burkhard Balz & Jan Paulick & Markus Demary & Vera Demary & Stefan Eichler & Marcel Thum & Gilbert Fridgen & Benedict Drasch, 2019. "Parallelwährungen jenseits der Finanzaufsicht: Haben Bitcoin und Libra eine Zukunft?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 72(17), pages 03-28, September.

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    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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