http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200308-094541-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/value-as-potentiality-blockchain-and-the-age-of-institutional-challenges/ Value as Potentiality – Blockchain and the Age of Institutional Challenges Korhonen, Outi Rantala, Juho eng 2020-03-08 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Bitcoin Blockchain Cryptocurrencies Values Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 For many, blockchain’s social value derives from its potential to foster freedom, neutrality, openness and transparency; or simply from the implication that otherwise is within the possible. But Bitcoin and blockchain are not all potential; limitations apply. And if confined to their ‘mainstream’ uses, private blockchain systems boost efficiency in producing value in its monetary sense and reinforcing global value chains.