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The age of cryptocurrency

por Vigna, Paul

Autores adicionales: Casey, Michael -- 1967-

Publicado por : Picador St. Martin's Press (New York) Detalles físicos: 374 páginas ilustraciones ISBN:9781250081551; 1250081556.

Año : 2015

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Tipo de ítem	Ubicación actual	Colección	Signatura	Copia número	Estado	Fecha de vencimiento	Código de barras	Reserva de ítems
Libro	Claustro Mezanine	Libro	332.178 V678a (Navegar estantería)	Ej.1	Disponible		100157438

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Introduction : digital cash for a digital age -- From Babylon to bitcoin -- Genesis -- Community -- Roller coaster -- Building the blockchain -- The arms race -- Satoshi's Mill -- The unbanked -- The everything blockchain -- Square peg meets round hole -- A new new economy -- Conclusion : come what may -- Afterword to the 2016 edition -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

"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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