Cryptocurrency: a mine of controversies

Abstract

Cryptocurrency is attracting the attention of many disciplines. Based on a systematic literature review, the
state of art of academic research on cryptocurrency was investigated, demonstrating its complexity and
the lack of consensus about several issues, as its definition, its operation without a financial institution,
the impacts on economy and its future developments. Considering these issues, Actor-Network Theory
was selected as a theory that can provide methods, such as controversy mapping, to understand this
complex subject. The article analyzes this scenario, presenting a set of research topics that can be
considered to study controversies related to cryptocurrency.