Bitcoin Guidebook (eBook)

How to Obtain, Invest, and Spend the World's First Decentralized Cryptocurrency

Ian DeMartino (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
364 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-3992-5 (ISBN)

Infos

2018 Revised EditionBitcoin has made early investors like the Winkelvoss twins millions in a matter of minutes in the past year and has the potential to transform the financial landscape. It's not too late to get in on the action. Bitcoin is not another payment processor. Like the Internet, Bitcoin is a technology that runs through a distributed network. No one controls it, and no one can shut it down. Bitcoin has been called the currency of the Internet, but it is much more powerful than that. More astute observers have called it the Internet of currency. This new, revised edition of The Bitcoin Guidebook has the most up-to-date info and recommended approaches for anyone who doesn't want to be left behind in the next technological revolution. It is an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand guide that explains everything the reader needs to know about how Bitcoin and other digital currencies work, what they can be used for, and how they will shape our society in the future. Topics covered include: The digital currency's origins, past, present, and future The revolutionary blockchain technology behind Bitcoin, and its future for the industries of music, arts, photography, and more How to obtain and invest in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency How and where to spend Bitcoin Bitcoin's relationship with the seedy Internet underground Alternative digital currencies, like ethereum, ripple, litecoin, IOTA or dashHow governments and financial institutions may react to cryptocurrency in the future How to interact with other Bitcoin owners on exchanges like Coinbase

Autor

Ian DeMartino is the cofounder of CoinJournal and freelance writer for CoinDesk. He worked as a technology writer for various sites before becoming interested in Bitcoin. He lives in Washington, DC.

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Geld / Bank / Börse
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Marketing / Vertrieb
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Schlagworte: accept payment • Airbnb • algorithms • antonopoulos • april 2015 • Bank account • Basics • beginner information • brother george • Business models • Coins • Computer Science • computing power • credit card • Crypto • cultural zeitgeist • Debriefing • decentralization • Decentralized • Elliptic Curves • Fiat Currency • Fiat Money • financial freedom • Financial Industry • financial journalists • Financial Services • Financial System • Financial Transactions • hash • Hashing • inner workings • intermediaries • job breaking • job explaining • judicious account • Key Concepts • Michael Casey • Middleman • middlemen • Monetary systems • Nakamoto • Nodes • obsolete • paper money • Paradigm Shift • Password • Peer-to-Peer • politics meet • proven steps • Public Key • Reset • revolutionary potential • revolutionary technology • Satoshi • Silk Road • source code comprehensible narrative • street journal • System design • tapscott • ten minutes • text assumes • thought-provoking account • transaction cryptograph • travels light • Ulbricht • unauthorized • underlying technology • virtual money • voting process • wallets • Wall Street
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-3992-0 / 1510739920
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-3992-5 / 9781510739925