I am making a book I wrote on bitcoin in 2013 available to the community free of charge with the coupon '
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The Bitcoin Revolution: An Internet Of Money.
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Length: 130 Pages
Format: PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Author: Mr. Travis Patron
Foreword: Mr. Wallace Wood
The innovation of bitcoin is perhaps the most intriguing development of the early 21st century. In a span of several years, the digital currency has jumped from being traded at 4 tenths of a penny, to highs of over $20000. In that time, weve seen individuals, government organisations, and large corporations warm up to the idea that bitcoin may be a form of cyber money pundits have been predicting for years.
Outside the control of any centralized institution and owned by no one party in particular, bitcoin sets the stage for something bold and new. Operating by freely accessible technology, experts describe it as a breakthrough in computing science formulated upon decades of research.
The market of monetary innovation is entering the private domain. What lies ahead for political regimes who attempt with futility to regulate this ghost outside the machine?
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The Bitcoin Revolution: An Internet Of MoneyI will post the Table Of Contents (TOC) here so that people can decide for themselves if it is worth a read. I also reiterate: in order to leave a review, the user must have made an entry into the website database that they have actually "purchased" the book - even if a coupon for access free of cost is used.
Please note that the book was originally published in 2013. I am in the process of updating it to reflect the current bitcoin market conditions, and therefore seek feedback in order to improve the product quality. Detailed feedback in the form of a review left on the landing page would be very helpful as of right now.
The title of the book is "
The Bitcoin Revolution: An Internet Of Money".
Table of Contents- Foreword 6
- Introduction: Monetary Evolution, Ready or Not 7
- Rise Above Primal 7
- The Bitcoin Payment System 8
- Differentiating Factor 9
- Chapter 1: Bitcoin Basics 11
- What is Money? 11
- The Fiat Emperor Has No Clothes 12
- What is Bitcoin? 14
- Mining Bitcoin 15
- Coinbase Transaction 17
- Transacting With Bitcoin 17
- Storing Bitcoin 19
- Wallets 19
- Public Key Cryptography 20
- Operating Systems 20
- Passwords 21
- Backing Up Your Wallet 21
- Additional Security Measures 22
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Bitcoin 23
- Advantages 23
- Disadvantages 25
- Potential Vulnerabilities 25
- Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto? 28
- Easter Eggs 29
- Technical Analysis 29
- Linguistic Analysis 29
- Blockchain Analysis 30
- NewsWeek Claims 30
- Chapter 2: Blockchain Networks 31
- Bitcoin Solves the Byzantine Generals Problem 31
- Autonomous Organizations 32
- Internet of Things 32
- Chapter 3: Adoption 34
- The Future of Bitcoin 34
- Bitcoin Based Society 35
- Crossing the Chasm 36
- Network Effects 39
- Retail Incentives 41
- Is Bitcoin a Cult? 42
- Chapter 4: Cybereconomics 45
- Classifying Cryptocurrency As A Financial Asset 45
- Cryptocurrency is a New Asset Class 46
- Money Is Now An Image 46
- 20th century business models need not apply 46
- Advantage Africa: Why Developing Nations Stand to Gain Most 48
- Disinflationary Characteristics 51
- Money Velocity 53
- Did John Nash Help Invent Bitcoin 54
- Bitcoin Is Backed By Time Itself 55
- Bitcoin vs. Gold 56
- Antifragile Properties of Bitcoin 58
- Bitcoin As A Hedge Against Economic Uncertainty 59
- Denationalization of Money 60
- Bitcoin as a Store of Wealth 60
- Price Stability 61
- Price Trending 63
- Greater Fools 64
- The 21st Million 64
- Technological Unemployment 66
- Evolution of the Corporation 67
- Machines Are the New Employees 67
- Smart Contracts Have No Need for You 68
- Rise of Computing Dominance 68
- Chapter 5: Political Implications 70
- Bitcoin Inherent Regulation 70
- A Fight for Liberty 70
- Untaxed Bitcoin is a Human Right 72
- Economic Munitions 72
- Taxation 73
- Parallels Between Bitcoin and the Printing Press 74
- The Rise of Supranational Governance 75
- Rise of Knowledge 76
- Breaking of Orwells Dictum 76
- Bitcoin May Become A Global Reserve Instrument 78
- Bitcoin Will End the Nation State 79
- Bitcoin as an Economy Independent of the Nation State 79
- Bitcoin is a [Nationally] Untaxable Money Supply 79
- Bitcoin Transitions the Nature of Violence 80
- The Incoming Surveillance of Bitcoin 81
- Bitcoin Neutrality 81
- Censorship 2.0 82
- Scalability of the Bitcoin Network 82
- Conclusion 83
- About the Author 85
- Bibliography 86
- Figures 89
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