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Bitcoin as an Innovative Payment Currency in Germany: Development of the e-Gold Standard

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Recent years have witnessed the advances of e-money systems such as Bitcoin, PayPal and various forms of stored-value cards. This paper adopts a mechanism design approach to identify some essential features of different payment systems that implement and improve the constrained optimal resource allocation in Germany. Bitcoin is a digital, decentralized, partially anonymous currency, not backed by German or any government or other legal entity, and not redeemable for gold or other commodities. Bitcoin relies on peer-to-peer networking and cryptography to maintain its integrity. Compared to most currencies or online payment services, such as PayPal, bitcoins are highly liquid, have low transaction costs, and can be used to make micropayments in Germany. Although the Bitcoin economy is flourishing, Bitcoin users are anxious about Bitcoins legal status. This paper examines a few relevant legal issues. The research question is to investigate how supplementary digital terminating currency Bitcoin can provide a superior fallback position as e-gold standard in Germany and worldwide. Digital self-liquidating e-Gold ounce could be distributed immediately to voters by using swipe cards used by some governments for transit facilities. Bitcoins as e-Gold ounce do not provide a viable medium of exchange because of the cost of their purchase, creation and/or exchange.

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  • Aleksandar Arsov, 2017. "Bitcoin as an Innovative Payment Currency in Germany: Development of the e-Gold Standard," Journal of International Business Research and Marketing, Inovatus Services Ltd., vol. 2(2), pages 33-42, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:mgs:jibrme:v:2:y:2017:i:2:p:33-42
    DOI: 10.18775/jibrm.1849-8558.2015.22.3005
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