The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (834 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00SXAK6Q2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 442 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Casey deliver the definitive answer to this question. 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 it is here to stay, and you ignore it at your peril. It implies, above all, monumental and wide-reaching change--for better and for worse. This raises the question: Why should anyone care about bitcoin? In The Age of Cryptocurrency, Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem truly to understand what it is. Vigna and Casey demystify cryptocurrency--its origins, its function, and what you need to know to navigate a cyber economy. Cyber money 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. Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. But bitcoin, the most famous of the cyber
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