Silva, Zivanilson Teixeira eMoura, Daniel Rodrigues do Lago2023-01-232023-01-232022-12-21MOURA, Daniel Rodrigues do Lago. Bitcoin e Blockchain: um estudo bibliográfico à luz da nova economia global. Orientador: Zivanilson Teixeira e Silva. 2022. 46f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Ciências Econômicas) - Departamento de Economia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2022.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/51009The present work has Bitcoin and Blockchain as its theme, and aims to understand the Bitcoin phenomenon through a wide bibliographical research, questioning whether cryptocurrency can be considered currency, and how it can be classified in economic science. For that, it is necessary to return to the concept of currency and its formation and to unravel the technology, and after understanding what is in fact the object of study and its functioning, we analyze and define what technology is for economic science, under the heading From the point of view of the cartelist and metalist theory of monetary theory, after verifying how the so-called digital currency and its Blockchain work, we conclude that Bitcoin is a digital asset differing from currency, and that the Blockchain has several other applicability, with a focus on a technological innovation of the 4th Industrial Revolution.Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/br/BitcoinMoeda digitalBlockchainDigital currency4ª Revolução Industrial4th Industrial RevolutionbachelorThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS