Download This PaperAntitrust and the Trust Machine
Competition Law and Policy Debate, 2019
9 Pages Posted: 3 Jun 2020
Date Written: November 2019
Abstract
Blockchain is an exciting technology with great potential. For competition and competition policy, it offers a number of promising opportunities, which agencies will wish to explore. However, from the standpoint of antitrust law the concerns remain the same as in traditional markets. Agencies will therefore need to continue to apply their theories of harm, and to focus on understanding rivalry, substitutability and control of competing products.
Keywords: antitrust, competition, blockchain, trust, distributed, decentralised
JEL Classification: L40, L50, O31
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Pike, Chris and Pike, Chris and Capobianco, Antonio, Antitrust and the Trust Machine (November 2019). Competition Law and Policy Debate, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3487750
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