The bitcoin standard : the decentralized alternative to central banking / Saifedean Ammous.
"Bitcoin is the digital age's novel, decentralized, and automated solution to the problem of money: accessible worldwide, controlled by nobody. Can this young upstart money challenge the global monetary order? Economist Saifedean Ammous traces the history of the technologies of money to se...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
[2018]
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Summary: | "Bitcoin is the digital age's novel, decentralized, and automated solution to the problem of money: accessible worldwide, controlled by nobody. Can this young upstart money challenge the global monetary order? Economist Saifedean Ammous traces the history of the technologies of money to seashells, limestones, cattle, salt, beads, metals, and government debt, explaining what gave these technologies their monetary role, what makes for sound money, and the benefits of a sound monetary regime to economic growth, innovation, culture, trade, individual freedom, and international peace"-- |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781119473893 1119473896 9781119473916 1119473918 |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 25, 2018) |