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TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring motivations for the use of bitcoin technology
AU - Khairuddin, Irni
AU - Sas, Corina
AU - Clinch, Sarah
AU - Davies, Nigel Andrew Justin
PY - 2016/5
Y1 - 2016/5
N2 - 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 real value of Bitcoin currency. We conclude with reflections on the value of these findings for HCI researchers.
AB - 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 real value of Bitcoin currency. We conclude with reflections on the value of these findings for HCI researchers.
U2 - 10.1145/2851581.2892500
DO - 10.1145/2851581.2892500
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9781450340823
SP - 2872
EP - 2878
BT - CHI EA '16 Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - ACM
CY - New York
ER -