The Age Of Cryptocurrency How Bitcoin And Digital Money Are Challenging The Global Economic Order By Michael J. Casey an

The Age Of Cryptocurrency How Bitcoin And Digital Money Are Challenging The Global Economic Order By Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna

ISBN 10: 146687306X

ISBN 13: 9781466873063

Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight A cyberenigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate You can apparently use it to buy almost anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is This raises the question Why should anyone care about Bitcoin In THE AGE OF CRYPTOCURRENCY, Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J Casey deliver the definitive answer to this question Cybermoney is poised to launch a revolution, one that could entirely reinvent traditional financial and social structures while bringing the worlds billions of unbanked individuals into a new global economy Cryptocurrency represents the promise of a financial system without a middleman, one owned by the people who use it and one safeguarded from the devastation of a 2008type crash But bitcoin, the most famous of the cybermonies, brings with it a reputation for instability, wild fluctuation, and illicit business some fear it has the power to eliminate jobs and to upend the concept of a nationstate It implies, above all, monumental and widereaching changefor better and for worse But it is here to stay, and you ignore it at your peril Vigna and Casey demystify the concept of cryptocurrency, detailing its origins, its function, and what you need to know to navigate a cybereconomy The digital currency world will look very different from the paper currency world THE AGE OF CRYPTOCURRENCY will teach you how to be ready for it