Infraestrutura blockchain como instrumento de proteção de liberdades individuais

Abstract

Through this work, it is intended to verify the hypothesis in the sense that the blockchain technology has intrinsic properties that enable exercise rights, particularly those related to individual freedoms. Demonstration of the historical motivation for the rise of bitcoin. Conceptual and theoretical delimitation about blockchain technology, which is the foundation of the bitcoin ecosystem. Conceptual and theoretical delimitation of network models and system association world economic and the bitcoin network. Conceptual and theoretical delimitation of hashing, public key infrastructure, and consensus protocol, with respective analysis of the importance to the bitcoin network. Addressing the differences between bitcoin, ethereum, and other altcoins, and the impact for applying blockchain solutions. Conceptual and theoretical delimitation of individual freedoms from the perspective of property, economic freedom, freedom of expression, and privacy. Analysis of some blockchain technology applications, implemented or implementable, in order to verify that this technology is suitable for protecting and guarantee individual freedoms. The development and completion of the work demonstrate that the blockchain infrastructure, particularly bitcoin, has fundamental characteristics to be an instrument for the protection of freedoms individual