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2016
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ISBN
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9781250081551
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Book Title
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Age of Cryptocurrency : How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging the Global Economic Order
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Picador
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9.4 in
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Publication Year
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2016
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Trade Paperback
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English
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Illustrator
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Yes
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1 in
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Business & Economics
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Finance / Financial Engineering, E-Commerce / Internet Marketing, E-Commerce / General (See Also Computers / Electronic Commerce), Money & Monetary Policy
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14.1 Oz
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6.3 in
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384 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
1250081556
ISBN-13
9781250081551
eBay Product ID (ePID)
217042209
Product Key Features
Book Title
Age of Cryptocurrency : How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging the Global Economic Order
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Finance / Financial Engineering, E-Commerce / Internet Marketing, E-Commerce / General (See Also Computers / Electronic Commerce), Money & Monetary Policy
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.3 in
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Reviews
Casey and Vigna here use their considerable expertise to make the Bitcoin phenomenon accessible. They take a thorough, multidisciplinary approach to the topic, including a fascinating examination of the history of money. – Publishers Weekly starred review”Smart and conscientious, The Age of Cryptocurrency is the most thorough and readable account of the short life of this controversial currency.” – The Washington Post “Vigna and Casey have produced more than a bitcoin 101: theirs is a smarter, more holistic take on not just bitcoin, but the potential of all digital currencies to change the way we send each other money. For those on the outside looking in, it is interesting and lucid enough to hold attention while it educates you.” – Fortune
Table Of Content
INTRODUCTION: Digital Cash for a Digital Age CHAPTER ONE: Genesis CHAPTER TWO: From Barter to Bitcoin CHAPTER THREE: A Tree Grows in Bitcoin CHAPTER FOUR: The Arms Race CHAPTER FIVE: Satoshi’s Mill CHAPTER SIX: The Unbanked CHAPTER SEVEN: The Everything Blockchain CHAPTER EIGHT: The Promises and Perils of Cryptocurrency CHAPTER NINE: Square Peg Meets Round Hole CHAPTER TEN: The 21st Century vs. The 16th Century CHAPTER ELEVEN: In The Future EPILOGUE: Boom, Bubble, or Beginning?
Synopsis
An in-depth explanation of how bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies work, their potential for good and bad, and how this is likely to affect you as a citizen, government, business, and global geopolitics. Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. This raises the question: Why should anyone care about bitcoin? In The Age of Cryptocurrency , Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey deliver the definitive answer to this question. Cybermoney is poised to launch a revolution, one that could reinvent traditional financial and social structures while bringing the world’s billions of “unbanked” individuals into a new global economy. Cryptocurrency holds the promise of a financial system without a middleman, one owned by the people who use it and one safeguarded from the devastation of a 2008-type crash. But bitcoin, the most famous of the cybermonies, carries a reputation for instability, wild fluctuation, and illicit business; some fear it has the power to eliminate jobs and to upend the concept of a nation-state. It implies, above all, monumental and wide-reaching change–for better and for worse. But it is here to stay, and you ignore it at your peril. Vigna and Casey demystify cryptocurrency–its origins, its function, and what you need to know to navigate a cyber-economy. The digital currency world will look very different from the paper currency world; The Age of Cryptocurrency will teach you how to be ready., Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. This raises the question: Why should anyone care about bitcoin? In The Age of Cryptocurrency , Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey deliver the definitive answer to this question. Cybermoney is poised to launch a revolution, one that could reinvent traditional financial and social structures while bringing the world’s billions of “unbanked” individuals into a new global economy. Cryptocurrency holds the promise of a financial system without a middleman, one owned by the people who use it and one safeguarded from the devastation of a 2008-type crash. But bitcoin, the most famous of the cybermonies, carries a reputation for instability, wild fluctuation, and illicit business; some fear it has the power to eliminate jobs and to upend the concept of a nation-state. It implies, above all, monumental and wide-reaching change–for better and for worse. But it is here to stay, and you ignore it at your peril. Vigna and Casey demystify cryptocurrency–its origins, its function, and what you need to know to navigate a cyber-economy. The digital currency world will look very different from the paper currency world; The Age of Cryptocurrency will teach you how to be ready.
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