Do you consider Bitcoin(or cryptocurrencies) in general a social movement? If you consider so, social movements need a formal organization to support the movement. Is there a formal organization behind Bitcoin?
Needing a formal organization is not something that is necessary for a social movement. I do think that bitcoins certainty is a social movement by itself. It's been only few years since the wake of people's awareness regarding true financial stability but cryptocurrencies are the ones who enabled this hands down.
- Connecting people from across the Globe together
- Giving people the financial freedom they deserve
- Challenging the public norms regarding money and investments
- Changing the rich getting richer and poor getting poorer mentality
- Giving people more options to connect/earn/take their businesses world wide
- Making transactions more open, challenging corruption
There are so many things that I can think of honestly, that clearly pertains to a social movement brewing in the corrupt governance which is destroying the economic stability and interaction, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoins are providing an alternative to grow as a whole and connect more with people across the Globe, not just the people but economy as well.