The Cryptomasculinities of Gender, Bitcoin, and Altcoins
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Despite the fact that women played a key role in the development of modern technology, the digital domain is a disproportionately male space. Recent stories about the politics of GamerGate, “tech bros” in Silicon Valley, and resistance to diversity routinely surface despite efforts of companies such as Google to clean up their act by firing reactionary male employees.

The big tech story of the past year is unquestionably cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. So it’s a good time to look at how cryptos replicate the gender politics of digital spaces and where they might complicate them.

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Masculinity Research announces the launch of Masculinity Coin (MASC), the cryptocurrency for men.

Masculinity Coin is an ERC20 token digital asset built upon the Ethereum blockchain.

Masculinity Research Director Dr Joseph Gelfer said, “part cryptocurrency, part thinking tool, part art project, holding and trading of Masculinity Coin can be interpreted as either a celebration or critique of traditional masculinity.”

Masculinity Coin draws attention to the masculine nature of the technological culture driving the rise in cryptocurrencies. Masculinity Coin also highlights a structural commonality between masculinity and cryptocurrencies: the meaning and value of both are based upon an ever-shifting social consensus.

“No other cryptocurrency simultaneously operates on such different levels as Masculinity Coin. It is both a tradable coin and a catalyst for exploring personal identity. Masculinity Coin aims to decentralize masculinity as part of a more sustainable future,” Gelfer said.

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