Kryptowaluty jako obiekt badań w naukach społecznych – obszary empirycznej eksploracji
Cryptocurrencies as an object of research in social sciences – areas of empirical exploration

Summary/Abstract: Cryptocurrencies are a decentralized, peer–to–peer network architecture,cryptographically secured, based on trust and consensus, type of virtual currency, incompletelyfulfilling some functions of money. They constitute a new interdisciplinary subject of scientificresearch. In the article, the author indicates potential areas of empirical exploration that canbe conducted by representatives of social sciences. The four areas identified were: researchon attitudes and opinions, the behavior of the community of cryptocurrency users, productsof Internet culture and the structure of the Internet, including, in particular, the blockchain. The research is based on well–established techniques, classic in research practice,which, due to the different nature of virtual and physical reality, are modified and adaptedto technical conditions.

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