Terrorist Use of Cryptocurrencies: Technical and Organizational Barriers and Future Threats
- ISBN-10
- 1977402534
- ISBN-13
- 9781977402530
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 98
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-03-26
- Publisher
- Rand Corporation
- Authors
- Cynthia Dion-Schwarz, David Manheim, Johnston
Description
The success of counterterrorism finance strategies in reducing terrorist access to official currencies has raised concerns that terrorist organizations might increase their use of such digital cryptocurrencies as Bitcoin to support their activities. RAND researchers thus consider the needs of terrorist groups and the advantages and disadvantages of the cryptocurrency technologies available to them.
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