The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

Author: Ammous, SaifedeanBrand: WileyEdition: 1Binding: HardcoverFormat: IllustratedNumber Of Pages: 304Release Date: 24-04-2018Part Number: 49138656Details: About the Author SAIFEDEAN AMMOUS, PHD, is an independent economist, author, and educator focused on bitcoin. He teaches courses on bitcoin and economics in the Austrian school tradition on his website saifedean.com. Product Description A comprehensive and authoritative exploration of Bitcoin and its place in monetary history When a pseudonymous programmer introduced “a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party” to a small online mailing list in 2008, very few people paid attention. Ten years later, and against all odds, this upstart autonomous decentralized software offers an unstoppable and globally accessible hard money alternative to modern central banks. The Bitcoin Standard analyzes the historical context to the rise of Bitcoin, the economic properties that have allowed it to grow q