Principles of Bitcoin presents a holistic, first-principles-based framework for understanding one of the most misunderstood inventions of our time.
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21 figures, 2 tables
21 figures, 2 tables
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978-0-231-56307-9 (9780231563079)
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Vijay Selvam is a corporate lawyer and financial services expert with nearly twenty years of experience across the United States, United Kingdom, and Asia. He spent more than a decade at Goldman Sachs and has also held leadership roles in the digital assets industry, advising on the evolving regulatory landscape. Selvam is a graduate of Harvard Law School, Oxford University, and Cardiff University.
Alex Gladstein is the chief strategy officer of the Human Rights Foundation.
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. The Framework
1. Why Are We Talking About This?
2. Bitcoin and Money
Part II. The Technology
3. Bitcoin's Architecture
4. Proof of Work Versus Proof of Stake
5. Long-Term Security Budget
6. How Do You Kill Bitcoin?
7. Once-in-History Invention
Part III. The Economics
8. Money and the State
9. Inflation: The Hidden Tax
10. A Store of Value
11. Global Adoption
Part IV. The Politics
12. The Surveillance State
13. "Governments Will Ban Bitcoin"
14. Law and Regulation
15. Bitcoin and Geopolitics
16. Bitcoin and the Environment
Part V. The Philosophy
17. Sovereign Prerogative
18. The Cypherpunks
19. Time Preference
20. Narratives and Memes
21. Bitcoin Is a Mirror
Notes
Index
