Catching Up to Crypto: Your Guide to Bitcoin and t he New Digital Economy
Your Guide to Bitcoin and the New Digital Economy
1st Edition
Published on 12. January 2023
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-394-15874-4 (ISBN)
Description
A fun and authoritative guide to bitcoin and the future of money
In Catching Up to Crypto: Your Guide to Bitcoin and the New Digital Economy, celebrated crypto and Bitcoin expert Ben Armstrong delivers an exciting and fresh new exploration of Bitcoin and digital currencies. He explains what Bitcoin is, how it works, and how and why we're all transitioning to a digital economy as we speak. He discusses the deficiencies of traditional fiat currency, how it's commonly manipulated, and how we can all benefit from the adoption of new, digital assets.
In the book, you'll discover how Bitcoin operates in the real-world and how the underlying technology-known as the blockchain-operates. You'll also learn about:
The importance of decentralization, trust-less commerce and cryptographic consensus.
The humble origins of Bitcoin, as well as how it nearly died out, and how it went on to take over the world
How monetary and financial policy is being revolutionized by the introduction of Bitcoin and other crypto-assets.
An essential and engaging review of Bitcoin, digital assets, and the new digital economy, Catching Up to Crypto is the hands-on and comprehensive introduction to crypto that investors, enthusiasts, the crypto-curious, and finance professionals have been waiting for.
In Catching Up to Crypto: Your Guide to Bitcoin and the New Digital Economy, celebrated crypto and Bitcoin expert Ben Armstrong delivers an exciting and fresh new exploration of Bitcoin and digital currencies. He explains what Bitcoin is, how it works, and how and why we're all transitioning to a digital economy as we speak. He discusses the deficiencies of traditional fiat currency, how it's commonly manipulated, and how we can all benefit from the adoption of new, digital assets.
In the book, you'll discover how Bitcoin operates in the real-world and how the underlying technology-known as the blockchain-operates. You'll also learn about:
The importance of decentralization, trust-less commerce and cryptographic consensus.
The humble origins of Bitcoin, as well as how it nearly died out, and how it went on to take over the world
How monetary and financial policy is being revolutionized by the introduction of Bitcoin and other crypto-assets.
An essential and engaging review of Bitcoin, digital assets, and the new digital economy, Catching Up to Crypto is the hands-on and comprehensive introduction to crypto that investors, enthusiasts, the crypto-curious, and finance professionals have been waiting for.
<b>A fun and authoritative guide to bitcoin and the future of money</b>
In <i>Catching Up to Crypto: Your Guide to Bitcoin and the New Digital Economy</i>, celebrated crypto and Bitcoin expert Ben Armstrong delivers an exciting and fresh new exploration of Bitcoin and digital currencies. He explains what Bitcoin is, how it works, and how and why we're all transitioning to a digital economy as we speak. He discusses the deficiencies of traditional fiat currency, how it's commonly manipulated, and how we can all benefit from the adoption of new, digital assets.
In the book, you'll discover how Bitcoin operates in the real-world and how the underlying technology-known as the blockchain-operates. You'll also learn about:
<ul><li>The importance of decentralization, trust-less commerce and cryptographic consensus.</li><li>The humble origins of Bitcoin, as well as how it nearly died out, and how it went on to take over the world</li><li>How monetary and financial policy is being revolutionized by the introduction of Bitcoin and other crypto-assets.</li></ul>An essential and engaging review of Bitcoin, digital assets, and the new digital economy, <i>Catching Up to Crypto</i> is the hands-on and comprehensive introduction to crypto that investors, enthusiasts, the crypto-curious, and finance professionals have been waiting for.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
472 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-394-15874-4 (9781394158744)
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BEN ARMSTRONG is a YouTuber, podcaster, Crypto enthusiast, and creator of BitBoyCrypto.com. He educates and informs the Crypto community of all things Crypto, including news updates, information about the different kinds of Cryptocurrencies, and trading and investment tips. His YouTube channel has grown to over 1 million subscribers.
Content
Foreword
Dedication
Chapter 1 - The Great Devaluation: Old Money, Central Banks & the Fed
Central Banks
The Fed
Chapter 2 - Digital Money Tree: eCash, E-Gold & eBay
New Money
New Ways to Spend
Chapter 3 - First-Gen Giants: Cypherpunks & Disruptive Tech
Cypherpunk
Disruptive Tech
Chapter 4 - Genesis Block: Satoshi Nakamoto & Bitcoin
A Culture Is Born
Bitcoin for President
Chapter 5 - A Short Course in Blockchain: Hashing, Mining & Forking
Blockchain 101
Blockchain 201
Blockchain 365
Chapter 6 - A Necessary Evil: Silk Road's Original Sin
Silk Road
The Streisand Effect
Chapter 7 - "Mo Money, Mo Problems": BitInstant and BitLicense
BitInstant
Regulators Take Notice
Chapter 8 - What the Fork?: The Block-Size War
Shots Fired
ASICBoost
Chapter 9 - The Future Is Born: Ethereum & Smart Contracts
The Ethereum Team
Blast Off
The DAO
Chapter 10 - Digital Gold Transformation: Cryptocurrencies & Crypto Assets
Bitcoin Becomes Digital Gold
Halving
Chapter 11 - Crypto Turning Point: The Crypto-Rich
Buy Bitcoin
Moonboys and Lambos
Chapter 12 - New Layer to the Internet: Decentralized Finance
DeFi
The Challengers
Chapter 13 - Brave New World: Beyond Bitcoin
Stablecoins
Oracles
Memecoins
Community Coins
Chapter 14 - Investment Prep: NOT Financial Advice
Step One: Researching
Step Two: Choosing
Step Three: Deploying
Chapter 15 - Tips of the Trade: Charting, Trendspotting & Leveraging
Trading Tokens
Some Trading Caveats
Trader Training
Types of Trading
Risk Management
[[Final high-level subhead]]
Chapter 16 - Non-Fungible Tokens: NFTs
Historical NFTs
The Next Generation of NFTs
The Next Next Generation
Chapter 17 - Web3 & the Metaverse
The Metaverse
Not a New Idea
Chapter 18 - Crypto FUD: Fear, Doubt & Uncertainty
The Long Arm of The Law
Energy Use
Volatility, Centralization, and Quantum Computing
Chapter 19 - Crypto Warnings: Hackers, Scammers & Contagion
Hackers
Scammers
Contagion
Chapter 20 - The Future of Crypto: Equities, ReFi & UBI
Crypto Grows Up
Stablecoins
The Flippening
Regenerative Finance
Universal Basic Income
Chapter 21 [[TK]]
Appendix [[TK]]
Notes