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Brown, G. and Whittle, R. (2020), "Index", Algorithms, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency: Implications for the Future of the Workplace (The Future of Work), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 185-193. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-495-320201010

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Agency

conversion

, 95

e-Estonia government

, 127

theory

, 135

worker

, 159

Agent-based failings

, 136

Airbnb

, 35, 56, 59n1

Algorithmic thinking

, 80

Algorithmic welfare

, 158

Algorithmically controlled robo-advisors

, 48–49

Algorithmising

process

, 1–3

of tasks

, 11

Algorithms

, 3, 10–11, 29, 48–52, 160, 168–169

and automation

, 30, 38

highly multi-process role

, 101

and work

, 11–12

Algorithms, blockchain and cryptocurrency (ABC)

, 9, 38, 63, 157, 163, 167, 169–170, 172

convergence

, 28–33

crytpo and state

, 24–28

economy

, 32–33, 63, 70, 107–109, 119–120

implications

, 17–24

multiple role work

, 100–103

themes of work

, 70–71

training, pay and reward in

, 115–117

transforming work into microtasks

, 63–69

triumvirate

, 29–31, 48

and work

, 9–28

worker

, 71–72

alt coins

, 142

Amara’s Law

, 119

Amazon

, 56, 75

Artificial credit expansion

, 97

Artificial intelligence (AI)

, 3, 11, 63, 111, 117–118, 128–129

AI-enabled oracles

, 133

Assets of businesses

, 152

AT&T

, 55

Austrian theory

, 98

Automatic teller machine (ATM)

, 73, 80

Automation

, 4, 36–38, 59, 70, 101, 118, 170–171

algorithms and

, 30

anxiety

, 114, 118

policing jobs

, 110

risk

, 113, 174

smart contracts and

, 163

AXA Global

, 50

Back-office’ functions of algorithms and blockchain

, 3

Banks

, 73–74

credit creation

, 90

of England

, 36, 45, 47

killers

, 42

Big 4 Firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers

, 36

Biometrics

, 44

Bit task

, 126, 146–147

engagements

, 159

Bitcoin (see also Cryptocurrencies)

, 13–14, 17–18, 22, 42, 46, 48, 125, 141–142

Bitcoin White Paper

, 13

Bitwork

, 30, 33, 79, 128–132

Bitworker economy management

commoditisation

, 145

contract

, 146–147

corporate non-sovereign currencies

, 152–153

multicurrency post-gig economy

, 160–162

nationalisation of labour

, 151–152

option

, 147–148

speculator

, 148–149

taxation of future worker

, 153–155

unions

, 150–151

Vilfredo Pareto and future worker

, 155–158

welfare state for future worker

, 158–160

Bitworker(s)

, 33, 36, 53, 64, 117–120, 123, 146

challenges for organisations to adapting

, 132–137

getting work done, hiring

, 123–128

profit and power in Bitwork world

, 137–142

Pros for Bitwork

, 128–132

Bitworking

, 11, 33

Blockchain

, 1, 30–31, 42–44, 98, 110, 169

back-office’ functions of algorithms and

, 3

blockchain-based Trade Union Movement

, 52

blockchain-enabled world

, 42–43

ethereum

, 129

platform

, 148

system

, 124

technology

, 124, 154

Brexit

, 21

Call option

, 144n10

Capital

, 36

theories

, 88

Cashless

economy

, 73–74

society

, 73

Central Bank and Tax Authority

, 77

Central bank digital currency (CDBC)

, 45, 47–48, 142, 154

Ceteris paribus

, 93

China National petroleum Corporation

, 138

Collateralised debt positions (CDPs)

, 131

COMEX

, 126

Commodity

money

, 79

prices

, 150

Complex microtasks

, 108

Contact-oriented professions

, 126

Contactless payments

, 73

Corporate

coins

, 72

corporate-crypto-coins

, 19–22

corporate-issued cryptocurrencies

, 19

cryptocurrency

, 2, 75, 171–173

cryptos

, 172

non-sovereign currencies

, 152–153

Corporate-issued non-sovereign

coins

, 142

currencies

, 141

Credit crunch

, 82–83

Credit Suisse

, 58

Crime lag

, 136

Cross-functional skills

, 49

Cryptocorps

, 19

Cryptocurrencies (see also Bitcoin)

, 1, 28, 44, 76, 131, 133, 141–142, 157, 169–170

effect of

, 2

benefits of

, 47–48

ecosystem

, 18

Facebook’s

, 85

first generation

, 2, 77–78

fixing system

, 98–99

framework

, 77

monetary system

, 153

proposition

, 23

second generation

, 2

stablecoin

, 100

Cryptocurrency Ethereum Classic (ETC)

, 143n2

Cryptography

, 14, 43

Cryptos

, 2

and state

, 24–28

true decentralised

, 172

Currency (see also Cryptocurrencies)

, 140

Custodian bank option

, 100

Data exploitation

, 171

Decentralisation

autonomous organisation

, 143n6

cryptocurrencies

, 141

exchange (DEX)

, 124

financial solution (DeFin solution)

, 125

information economy

, 43–46

labour exchanges (DLEXs)

, 125, 136, 138, 140, 146, 158

of money

, 87

Deflation

, 105n11, 106n15

Democratic system

, 113

Denationalisation of money

, 97–98

Digital

nomad trend

, 126–127

professions

, 126

systems

, 39

Digital Cooperative (DCOP)

, 52–54, 124, 137, 147, 149, 157

e-Estonia government agency

, 127

East Asian Financial Crisis

, 94

Employment Rights Act (1996)

, 57

EnergiMine

, 43

Ether Delta

, 124

Ethereum

, 50

blockchain

, 129

Expansionary cycle

, 90

Experiential shopping

, 165–166

Facebook

, 56

cryptocurrency

, 85

currency plans

, 21

electronic wallet

, 87

Libra currency

, 19–21, 23, 44, 56, 85, 141–142, 171, 178

Facebook Bank

, 22

Federal Reserve (FED)

, 94

Financial

innovation

, 79–87

products

, 146

services

, 46

system

, 99–100

Financial Services Authority (FSA)

, 104n3

Financial Services Conduct Authority (FCA)

, 46

Financial technology (FinTech)

, 5–6, 81–82, 84, 120

First generation cryptocurrency

, 2, 77–78

Fourth Industrial Revolution

, 39–40, 43

Fractional reserve banking (FRB)

, 88

Future worker

Taxation of

, 153–155

Vilfredo Pareto and

, 155–158

Welfare state for

, 158–160

Game theory

, 151

Genesis Block

, 42

Geni Coefficient

, 59n2

Gig economy

, 51, 53, 159

Globalisation

, 145

Globalised market place

, 7

“Gone” concept

, 36, 42, 80–81

Google

, 57, 138

Google Now

, 49

Government policy

, 21

Grocery Payment Apps

, 75

Gross domestic product (GDP)

, 40

Hayekian Business Cycles

, 88

Hierarchical for-profit labour exchanges

, 138

Historical bubbles

, 27

HMRC

, 57, 86, 125

self-assessment service

, 65

Human resource departments (HR departments)

, 132–133

Hypothesised OAT drag

, 136

IAS 12 Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

, 155

Impartial smart contract

, 130

Individual Strategic Business Unit

, 127

Individual(s)

, 149

investing in gold

, 27

railway company

, 27

Industrial Revolution

, 5, 110–113, 115, 163–164

Insurance

, 149

payments

, 50

Internal cryptocurrency

, 20

International Accounting Standard (IAS)

, 150

Internet

, 35–38

algorithms

, 48–52

CDBC

, 47–48

DCOP

, 52–54

decentralised information economy

, 43–46

disruption

, 36, 38

Fourth Industrial Revolution

, 39–40

supply chains

, 40–43

Too Big to Fail analogy

, 55–58

Internet of Things

, 133, 154

Investment banks

, 137

IRS

, 125

Job

for life

, 36

losses

, 41

JPM Coin (JP Morgan)

, 44

Know Your Client (KYC)

, 124

Labour

, 36

marketisation of

, 158

nationalisation of

, 151–152

party

, 151

replacing technology

, 112–113

workers

, 161

Landbanking

, 133, 143n7–144

Libra (Facebook)

, 23, 85, 171, 178

coin

, 56

currency

, 19–21, 44, 56, 141–142

Libra Council

, 56

LinkedIn

, 133

plus type system

, 126

profile

, 101

London School of Economics

, 41

M-Pesa

, 82

Machine learning

, 63, 111, 116

MAKR’s © DAI stablecoin

, 131–132

Market

capitalisation

, 60n3

pricing of labour

, 145

produced money

, 93

Marketisation

, 150

of labour

, 158

Master cryptocurrency

, 26

Master digital currencies

, 25

Microtasks

, 11, 16, 71–72, 101, 107–108, 110

ABC transforming work into

, 63–69

themes of

, 64

Mises’ theory of economic impossibility of socialism

, 97

Mobile phone payments

, 84

Monero

, 46, 60n7

Money

, 76–78, 95–96, 113, 130

commodity

, 79

decentralisation of

, 87–88

denationalisation of

, 97–98

evolution

, 141, 165

market produced

, 93

Multicurrency post-gig economy

, 160–162

National Health Service

, 138

Nationalisation of labour

, 151–152

O*NET Content Model

, 49

Online marketplaces

, 103

Online shopping experiences

, 74

Online work and decentralisation of currency and information

, 7

Operational agency theory (OAT)

, 136

Pareto Effect

, 156

‘Pay as you earn’ income tax

, 45

Pay in ABC world

, 115–117

People’s Bank of China (PBOC)

, 45, 47

Platform

businesses

, 35, 56, 59n1

platform working

, 6–7

platform-based self-employment

, 1

Policy

, 173

prescriptions

, 33

Political ideology

, 65–66

Populist movements

, 41

Post-gig economy

, 128, 137

Post-Industrial Revolution

, 5, 120

Pound Stirling

, 25–26

Power in Bitwork world

, 137–142

Pre-crypto reform

, 93–98

Pre-Industrial Revolution idea of work

, 6

Private property

, 94, 106n12

Profit in Bitwork world

, 137–142

Profit-making organisation

, 29

Pseudo-anonymous systems

, 125

Pseudo-organisation

, 42

Quantitative easing

, 21

Quantum computing

, 157

Quasi-regulated environment

, 46

Real estate investment trusts

, 132

Regional Bell Operating Companies

, 55

Regulator recapture, likelihood of

, 40

Remuneration

, 133

Repetition

, 10

Reward in ABC world

, 115–117

Ricardo effect

, 90, 92, 105n5

Rise of The Freelancer Economy, The (Rashid)

, 53

Robotics

, 11

Roy Amara’s Law

, 58

Second generation cryptocurrency

, 2

Self-employment

, 63, 101–103

Single cryptocurrency

, 31

Smart contract

, 15–16, 60n9, 102–103, 129, 143n6

Sovereign Currency Act

, 139

Stablecoin

, 143n5

cryptocurrencies

, 100

State-level innovations

, 46

State-supported cryptocurrency

, 26

Stateless cryptocurrencies

, 26

Subscription services

, 74

Supermarkets

, 133

Supertrend

, 38

of hyper-globalisation

, 57

Taxation

, 24

of future worker

, 153–155

issues

, 25

TechFin

, 5–7, 120

Technological/technology

, 117

barter process

, 25

change

, 178–179

enhancements

, 145

evolution

, 157

firms

, 57

or financial firms

, 22

replacements

, 111

taxes

, 114

technology-enabled shift

, 134

Temporal nature of productive process

, 92

Tesla

, 138

The New York Mercantile Exchange

, 126

Tokenisation

, 145

Too Big to Fail analogy (Sorkin)

, 55–58

Trade union membership

, 52

Trade unions

, 149

Training in ABC world

, 115–117

Transparency

, 78

Triumvirate

, 55, 127, 129, 134, 137–138, 145, 156–157, 162

ABC

, 29–31, 48

True decentralised cryptos

, 172

Unionisation

, 171

United Kingdom (UK)

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

, 23

National Insurance System

, 172

United States (US)

Department for Educational Statistics

, 134

House of Representatives

, 21

University of Oxford

, 37

Vilfredo Pareto and future worker

, 155–158

WeBank

, 103

Welfare state

, 159

for future worker

, 158–160

Welfare system

, 157–158

WeWork

, 127

‘Wisdom of crowds’ effect

, 42

Wonga (large payday loan providers)

, 131

Work

, 107

from anywhere trend

, 127–128

Work future

ABC economy

, 107–108, 110–115

Bitworker

, 117–120

economic infrastructure

, 109–110

training, pay and reward in ABC world

, 115–117

Worker (see also Bitworker(s); Bitworker economy management; Future worker)

, 16, 71–72

agency

, 159

disrupted

, 51

(in)/ability of

, 51

labour

, 161

Worrying hypothesis

, 50