Volume 7, Issue 4 After the (virtual) gold rush: is Bitcoin more than a speculative bubble? Maxime Lambrecht, Université catholique de LouvainLouis Larue, Université catholique de Louvain PUBLISHED ON: 30 Oct 2018 DOI: 10.14763/2018.4.1353 Is Bitcoin a fair and reliable currency? Contrary to what its proponents might hope, Bitcoin is far from fulfilling their expectations. KEYWORDS: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Social justice, Efficiency, Libertarianism