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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Bitcoin may appear to be a revolutionary form of digital cash without precedent or prehistory. In fact, it is only the best-known recent experiment in a long line of similar efforts going back to the 1970s. But the story behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and its blockchain technology has largely been untold--until now. In Digital Cash, Finn Brunton reveals how technological utopians and political radicals created experimental money to bring about...
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The economy is transitioning into digital currency as a means of transferring and processing transactions, but very little know about virtual currencies currently available. Bitcoin, a form of Cryptocurrency for virtual transfers and transactions, is becoming well known not only within businesses but also everyday users. Bitcoin encourages users to use as a transfer method of money in a safe and efficient way. Users have access to use Bitcoin without...
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"Living in the Buckingham Palace Casino, Crissy Dowling, a Princess Diana impersonator with her own musical cabaret, finds her carefully constructed kingdom crashing down around her when the owner of the casino is brutally murdered and she is drawn in a world of organized crime, cryptocurrency and obsession."--
"The book revolves around Crissy, the star of a beloved Princess Diana tribute show in Las Vegas, and her estranged sister Betsy, a therapist...
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Publisher
Currency
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it, celebrities like Tom Brady endorsed it, and TV ads hailed it as the future of money. Hardly anyone knew how it worked-but why bother with the particulars when everyone was making a fortune from Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, or some other bizarrely named "digital asset"? As he observed this frenzy, investigative reporter Zeke Faux had a nagging question: Was it all just a confidence...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Featuring the prophetic insights you'd expect from one of most acclaimed financial advisors, The Truth About Crypto is fun to read and easy to understand--and most importantly gives readers the sound, practical advice we all need to succeed with this new asset class. Best of all, Edelman shows how blockchain works, the difference between digital currency and digital assets, and a comprehensive look at every aspect of the field. This book is a must-read...
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Find out the essentials of cryptocurrency mining. The cryptocurrency phenomenon has sparked a new opportunity mine for virtual gold, kind of like the prospectors of a couple centuries back. This time around, you need some tech know-how to get into the cryptocurrency mining game. This book shares the insight of two cryptocurrency insiders as they break down the necessary hardware, software, and strategies to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero, LiteCoin,...
Author
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Get the edge that comes with knowledge Cryptocurrency investing and mining is a 21st century gold rush. Just like the gold rush all those years ago, it's best to have a map to the riches and the tools to turn your prospecting into profit. This book offers the amount of insight into the world of cryptocurrency that you'd need a shelf full of books to get otherwise. Want to get to know how cryptocurrency works? Look inside for information on the basics...
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Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"For readers of Bitcoin Billionaires comes a true tale of Bitcoin boom to bust: the inside story of fortune and new beginnings in the cryptocurrency Wild West Fresh out of university, Ethan Lou moves to Western Canada to write for Reuters, landing in an oil boomtown with deep roots in the past. But before that, he had another life, in the cryptocurrency world, crossing paths with the likes of the late Gerald Cotten of QuadrigaCX and Anthony Di Iorio,...
11) DeFi for dummies
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Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The promise of decentralized finance (DeFi for those up on their financial lingo) as a disruptor to financial institutions makes it must-know for anyone involved in finance. DeFi For Dummies provides an easy-to-understand option for unraveling the past, present, and future of DeFi. Understand current DeFi applications, including how to build basic applications on the leading platforms, and get a look into the future's most promising new DeFi solutions....
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Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Company, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
"Learn about cryptocurrency (decentralized cash systems) and blockchain (the encryption to protect transactions). They are only a decade old, but are quickly becoming a key part of the future of finance"-- provided by publisher.
13) Blockchain
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Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Blockchain technology has come a long way since its introduction in 2009 thanks to technology. This technology has the potential to disrupt many industries--and has already--from banks to law to even healthcare. In Blockchain in the Disruptors in Tech series, readers will discover how blockchain technology can solve many of today's digital problems, including digital ownership.
14) Cryptocurrency
Author
Series
Publisher
Focus Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the topic of digital money, highlighting cryptocurrency's history, how it works, and its benefits and drawbacks"--
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English
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"When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer...
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Publisher
BTC Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Alex Gladstein has a lot to say about Bitcoin, human rights, financial privilege, and personal freedom. In Check Your Financial Privilege, he says it, starting with the fact that anyone born into a reserve currency like the euro, yen, or pound has financial privilege over the 89% of the world population born into weaker systems. In Nigeria, human rights activists depend on Bitcoin for donations after crackdowns by authoritarian regimes. In Cuba,...
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English
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"At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie was armed with only the vague notion that people were making heaps of money on something he didn't entirely understand. Lured in, McKenzie dove deep into blockchain, Bitcoin, and the various other coins and exchanges on which they are traded. But after scratching the surface, he had to ask, "Is this all a total scam?" In Easy Money, McKenzie enlists the help of journalist Jacob Silverman for an...
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Cotton Malone novels volume 18
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States government, which told no one about the find. Instead, those assets were stamped classified, shipped to Europe, and secretly assimilated into something called the Black Eagle Trust. Present day....
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"This is the story of the idealists, technologists, and opportunists fighting to bring cryptocurrency to the masses. Cryptocurrency was growing increasingly marginal until a brilliant new idea changed its fortunes once again: Ethereum. In this book, Laura Shin takes readers inside the creation of this new form of cryptocurrency network, which enabled users to launch their own new coins, and in so doing, created a new crypto fever. The fortunes of...
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