Ammous, Saifedean

The bitcoin standard : the decentralized alternative to central banking Saifedean Ammous - New Jersey : Wiley, c2018. - xviii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.



"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"--

9781119473862

2018003946


Bitcoin
Bitcoin--Government policy
Electronic commerce

332.178 AM BI

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