The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (507 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01L98OS1I |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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If you're already a bit-convert, you'll still learn a lot.” Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money“Anyone who views bitcoin as a voodoo concept must read this totally comprehensible narrative outlining the history of money and how bitcoin might become a new and better currency. The currency'sunderlying technology provides plenty of intellectual fodder-and is unlikely to go away. Being Wall Street Journal reporters, they know how to dig beneath the surface and they also know how to write. So there is plenty to write about if you are serious. Casey, veteran Wall Street Journal reporters, resist the common temptations to hype their trendy subject. Paul Vigna and Michael Casey, two journalists at the Wall Street Journal, are certainly serious.” The Economist“Vigna and Casey have produced more than a bitcoin 101: t
"Major implications not only for currencies, but for the management of all life's transactions. This you have to know" according to Graham H. Seibert. The authors of this book are reporters, and as a piece of reportage it is broad, deep, and well-balanced. They take you through the history of bitcoin, the alternatives to bitcoin, all the technology behind bitcoin, and extended uses for this disruptive technology which could have wide implications throughout society. They provide a broad discussion of the projects underway in 201Major implications not only for currencies, but for the management of all life's transactions. This you have to know Graham H. Seibert The authors of this book are reporters, and as a piece of reportage it is broad, deep, and well-balanced. They take you through the history of bitcoin, the alternatives to bitcoin, all the technology behind bitcoin, and extended uses for this disruptive technology which could have wide implications throughout society. They provide a broad discussion of the projects underway in 2014 to employ bitcoin.If the book has one shortcoming, it does not define how it all works quite precisely enough for a techie. The reader of this review may find it useful to mix my point of view with that of the book itself in trying to envision the mechanics.T. to employ bitcoin.If the book has one shortcoming, it does not define how it all works quite precisely enough for a techie. The reader of this review may find it useful to mix my point of view with that of the book itself in trying to envision the mechanics.T. Very good introduction of Blockchain and Bitcoin NPS Very well written and researched book. The author found a good balance between monetary concepts and the technical aspects of the new currency. I started by knowing very little about Blockchain and can claim that I am better informed.There is a good progression in the book building on concepts explained previously, For a technical book, this can be quite challenging. The author has a humorous side as well when he describes the colorful characters of this new frontier.. "The canonical book on Bitcoin" according to Athan. This is a tremendous introduction to Bitcoin. If you are not technically minded, it's as good as you could possibly hope for.On the other hand, if you are a bit of a technophile, perhaps you may want to look for the fine detail somewhere else.First comes all the necessary background. You get a thorough introduction on what money is, or rather what it is that that turns something into money, you get an introduction to the biosphere out of which Bitcoin sprung, including a long list of its predecessors, and that part of the book is rounded up by a brief history of the "genesis" of Bitcoin itself.Next comes an explanation of the Blockchain
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. The digital currency world will look very different from the paper currency world; The Age of Cryptocurrency will teach you how to be ready.. 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. 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. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. It implies, above all, monumental and wide-reaching change-for better and for worse. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. 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. Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. This raises the question: Why should anyone care about bitcoin? In The Age of Cryptocurrency, Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and
He is a frequent contributor to the Journal's MoneyBeat blog and co-authors the daily "BitBeat" with Paul Vigna. He is the host of the book-themed video series "WSJ Afterword" and a frequent guest on and host of "The News Hub" and "MoneyBeat." His podcast on world economic affairs is forthcoming. He is the author of two books: Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image (Vintage, 2009),