The bitcoin standard : the decentralized alternative to central banking
By: Ammous, Saifedean
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BookPublisher: New Jersey : Wiley, c2018.Description: xviii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781119473862Subject(s): Bitcoin | Bitcoin -- Government policy | Electronic commerceDDC classification: 332.178 AM BI Online resources: Location Map
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"--
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 332.178 AM BI (Browse shelf) | Available | Jan2019 | T0061562 |
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| 332.1753 SA HA Handbook of corporate lending : | 332.1753 SA HA Handbook of corporate lending : | 332.17530941 RO BA Bankers' lending techniques / | 332.178 AM BI The bitcoin standard : | 332.178 BA BL Blockchain applications : | 332.178 CH IN Inside blockchain, bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies | 332.178 CR YP Cryptographic solutions for secure online banking and commerce |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.
"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"--