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The bitcoin standard : the decentralized alternative to central banking by Saifedean Ammous.

By: Ammous, Saifedean, 1980- [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Hoboken, Wiley, 2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781119473916 (epub); 9781119473893 (pdf)Subject(s): Bitcoin | Bitcoin -- Government policy | Electronic commerceAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Bitcoin standardDDC classification: 332.178 LOC classification: HG1710

Contents:

Money -- Primitive moneys -- Monetary metals -- Government money -- Digital money -- Sound money and time preference -- Money as capitalism's information system -- Sound money and individual freedom -- What is bitcoin good for? -- Bitcoin questions.

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current location	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference	Central Library (CL)	Central Library (CL)	Lincoln Corner	332.178 AMM (Browse shelf)	Not for loan		LC-66

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Includes bibliographical references 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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