Exploring motivations among Bitcoin users
This paper presents an exploratory study focusing on user experience with Bitcoin technology. We describe interviews with 9 Bitcoin users and report findings related to users' motivations for buying and using bitcoins. Our initial findings capture three main motivations such as Bitcoin's p...
| Published in: | Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings |
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| Format: | Conference paper |
| Language: | English |
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Association for Computing Machinery
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85014586980&doi=10.1145%2f2851581.2892500&partnerID=40&md5=47f54076cc159124e20860e8de6ce7fc |
| Summary: | This paper presents an exploratory study focusing on user experience with Bitcoin technology. We describe interviews with 9 Bitcoin users and report findings related to users' motivations for buying and using bitcoins. Our initial findings capture three main motivations such as Bitcoin's predicted role in a monetary revolution, users' increased empowerment, and their perception of a real value of Bitcoin currency. We conclude with reflections on the value of these findings for HCI researchers. © 2016 Authors. |
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| DOI: | 10.1145/2851581.2892500 |