The bitcoin standard : the decentralized alternative to central banking Saifedean Ammous
Material type: TextPublication details: New Jersey : Wiley, c2018.Description: xviii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781119473862
- 332.178 AM BI
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 332.178 AM BI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Jan2019 | T0061562 |
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"--
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