The bitcoin standard
Subtitle: the decentralized alternative to central banking
By: by Saifedean Ammous
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Wiley
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781119473862
Subjects: Electronic commerce; Government policy; Bitcoin
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Money; title: Primitive moneys; title: Monetary metals; title: Government money; title: Money and time preferences; title: Capitalism's information system; title: Sound money and individual freedom; title: Digital money; title: What is bitcoin good for?; title: Bitcoin questions.