03080cam a2200385 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020003000069020002700099040002200126041000800148042000800156050002800164082001100192100001700203245014100220250001900361264004300380300004000423336002600463337002800489338002700517504006700544505037900611520148300990650002502473650002302498650002202521650002702543650005302570650002602623650001802649700002702667BJBSDDR20230411085646.0ta080219s2015 nyua 000 0 eng  a9781250065636 (hardcover) a1250065631 (hardcover) aDLCbengcBJBSDDR aeng apcc14aHF 5548.32 bV678a 201500a332.421 aVigna, Paul 14aThe age of cryptocurrency :bhow bitcoin and digital money are challenging the global economic order /cPaul Vigna and Michael J. Casey. aFirst edition. 1aNew York :bSt. Martin's Press,c2015. a357 pages :billustrations ;c25 cm atextbtxt2rdacontent aunmediatedbn2rdamedia avolumebnc2rdacarrier aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 317-343) and index. aIntroduction : digital cash for a digital age -- From Babylon to bitcoin -- Genesis -- Community -- Roller coaster -- Building the blockchain -- The arms race -- Satoshi's Mill -- The unbanked -- The everything blockchain -- Square peg meets round hole -- A new new economy -- Conclusion : come what may -- Afterword to the 2016 edition -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. a"Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. This raises the question: Why should anyone care about bitcoin? In The Age of Cryptocurrency, Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey deliver the definitive answer to this question. Cybermoney is poised to launch a revolution, one that could reinvent traditional financial and social structures while bringing the world's billions of "unbanked" individuals into a new global economy. Cryptocurrency holds the promise of a financial system without a middleman, one owned by the people who use it and one safeguarded from the devastation of a 2008-type crash. But bitcoin, the most famous of the cybermonies, carries a reputation for instability, wild fluctuation, and illicit business; some fear it has the power to eliminate jobs and to upend the concept of a nation-state. It implies, above all, monumental and wide-reaching change--for better and for worse. But it is here to stay, and you ignore it at your peril.Vigna and Casey demystify cryptocurrency--its origins, its function, and what you need to know to navigate a cyber-economy. The digital currency world will look very different from the paper currency world; The Age of Cryptocurrency will teach you how to be ready"--cProvided by publisher. 0aElectronic commerce. 0aCurrency question. 0aCryptocurrencies. 4aComercio electrónico 4aTransferencia electrónica de fondos bancarios  4aCuestión monetaria  4aCriptomonedas1 aCasey, Michael,d1967-