Hi, This report might be interesting for people who follow Bitcoin news: http://www.smallmedia.org.uk/content/119
Since the emergence of Bitcoin back in 2009, a variety of national > governments have been grappling with the conundrum of how far they should > recognise, and regulate the cryptocurrency. Whilst some countries including > Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States have taken a fairly > laissez faire approach towards Bitcoin, the Russian and Indian governments > have led the charge in pushing for greater state oversight. > > Iran, meanwhile, has been far more sluggish in formulating a coherent > Bitcoin policy - only in the early months of 2014 have politicians and > regulators started to take an interest. Our report this month reviews the > initial findings of Iranian research into Bitcoin, explores potential > policy implications, and evaluates the impact of Bitcoin in Iran up until > the present day. > > Iran has been far more active on the web censorship front, however. This > month’s report also tracks the state’s latest efforts to control and filter > web content, ahead of the upcoming roll-out of Iran’s ‘intelligent > filtering’, or ‘Favourable Cyberspace’ system. This report also documents > the progress of Iran’s latest infrastructure development projects, as it > pushes to modernise and expand the country’s Internet infrastructure > networks. Cheers, Amin
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