[liberationtech] Bitcoin in Iran

[Amin Sabeti]

Hi,

This report might be interesting for people who follow Bitcoin news:
http://www.smallmedia.org.uk/content/119

Since the emergence of Bitcoin back in 2009, a variety of national
> governments have been grappling with the conundrum of how far they should
> recognise, and regulate the cryptocurrency. Whilst some countries including
> Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States have taken a fairly
> laissez faire approach towards Bitcoin, the Russian and Indian governments
> have led the charge in pushing for greater state oversight.
>
> Iran, meanwhile, has been far more sluggish in formulating a coherent
> Bitcoin policy - only in the early months of 2014 have politicians and
> regulators started to take an interest. Our report this month reviews the
> initial findings of Iranian research into Bitcoin, explores potential
> policy implications, and evaluates the impact of Bitcoin in Iran up until
> the present day.
>
> Iran has been far more active on the web censorship front, however. This
> month’s report also tracks the state’s latest efforts to control and filter
> web content, ahead of the upcoming roll-out of Iran’s ‘intelligent
> filtering’, or ‘Favourable Cyberspace’ system. This report also documents
> the progress of Iran’s latest infrastructure development projects, as it
> pushes to modernise and expand the country’s Internet infrastructure
> networks.


Cheers,

Amin
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