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Author : John Hofmeyr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0620914688
Author : Ravin Aarya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : Finance, Public
ISBN : 1548971545
Have you ever wondered how our financial systems came about?Would you like to learn more about the history of money, from the time of bartering right up to the virtual ideas of the present day?'Barter to Bitcoin' is a fascinating new book which looks back at how finance developed, leaving behind ancient ideas, to become the central driving force behind emerging economies and the increase in wealth.Within the pages of this book you will discover:* How the US financial system works* Why we have money and * How capitalism increased wealth* How modern banking evolved* How financial markets developed* How Back-office and Bitcoin work* The life cycle of trade* The way regulations shape finance* And much more...'Barter to Bitcoin' is a perfect book for students as a supplement to their main studies, as a helpful resource of industry professionals or simply as a great read for anyone who is interested in financial systems around the world. It provides an insight into the history of finance like no other book presently in publication. There is something of interest for everyone inside and you'll be astonished to learn about the way we have transformed our financial dealings over the course of the centuries.Get a copy of 'Barter to Bitcoin' today! For an engaging and informative read like no other.
Author : Clive Gifford
Publisher : Quick Histories
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780711262751
A Quick History of Money takes us from barter to Bitcoin, packed with facts and jokes about how and why money works… and sometimes doesn’t.
Author : Mukesh Jindal
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789357087353
The Indian crypto market has experienced an exponential surge in the past few years and become a vehicle to get rich quickly. However, what exactly is crypto? How did we reach the crypto stage—a decentralized system of finance—from the barter system? Crypto the Disruptor answers these and other such penetrating questions as it traces the history of money and the global economy. Providing a deep historical perspective, the author, through stories, captures the journey of the world’s financial system from the stone-age to the present. It analyses the movement of the world economic system from a centralized entity to a decentralized one and emphasizes the role of technology in the transformation of the global financial system. More importantly, this book explores the emergence of new forms of money such as cryptocurrencies and their relevance in a new world driven by digital technology. The final chapter educates readers about crypto investing in India and how investors should approach this new asset class, which is volatile yet offers great potential to create stupendous wealth.
Author : Clive Gifford
Publisher : Wide Eyed Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780711264366
Why is a $5 note worth $5? Where do coins come from? What do banks actually do? All this and so much more is answered in A Quick History of Money, a crash course from cash cows to cryptocurrency. Money might sound all grown-up and serious, but the history of buying, selling, saving, and stealing is full of crazy stories and unbelievable facts. A Quick History of Money is here to show you the silly side, as well as give you the lowdown on the important stuff like interest, stocks and shares, and wealth inequality. You will discover: How the earliest societies got by without a penny in their pockets. Why gold gets all the glory. How the first banks started making money from money. Who invented the first banknotes and the concept of ‘fiat’ money. The craziest money-making cons of all time, from shaving coins to selling the Eiffel Tower… twice. How wealth is measured in the modern-day. History’s most expensive money mistakes. What money might look like in the future. Great tips for slick saving and smart spending. Plus, read about the world’s weirdest wonga, from the four-tonne stones used as currency on the island of Yap, to teacups and sea shells in ancient Asia, to beaver pelts in colonial Canada. Learn how hyperinflation leads to some mind-blowing money math, like the Bitcoins used to buy two pizzas in 2010 that would be worth over $90 million today. Test your knowhow with a quiz at the back of the book. Packed with facts and jokes, the latest in the Quick Histories series takes us on a chronological tour from cashless societies to… cashless societies, proving that while it might make the world go round, money sure is funny.
Author : Miles Price
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1543297560
The Internet was an alien concept a few decades ago. However, the human race would be back in the dark ages without it. The global change in the world of commerce promises to revolutionize the entire political and economic order. Cryptocurrencies lie at the heart of this change. Since the Bitcoin was invented in 2008, the term "cryptocurrency" has entered our lives. This technology is here to stay and it will simply keep getting better. Cryptocurrency is cheaper, safer, faster and easier to transact with, when compared to credit cards and paper money. The technology that will have the greatest impact on the world economy and its future is blockchain technology. Yes, you read it correctly. It is not artificial intelligence, solar energy or even self-driving car. The first wave of the digital revolution got us the Internet that was full of information. The second wave is bringing us blockchain technology. This is the age of making use of the Internet for creating more value. It can truly transform the manner in which business is conducted and the order of human affairs as well. This ingenious protocol allows transactions to be not only anonymous but secure as well. Blockchain is the technology that powers Bitcoin and several other digital currencies. Inside you will learn all there is to learn about cryptocurrency, why it is better than money, the different advantages it offers, about fractional reserve banking, the pros and cons of the federal reserve, Bitcoin and the different advantages. This learning will help you in the future as it's not just about business. It also concerns individuals, including you and may change the way you deal with money in future!
Author : Henri Arslanian,Fabrice Fischer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030145330
This book, written jointly by an engineer and artificial intelligence expert along with a lawyer and banker, is a glimpse on what the future of the financial services will look like and the impact it will have on society. The first half of the book provides a detailed yet easy to understand educational and technical overview of FinTech, artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies including the existing industry pain points and the new technological enablers. The second half provides a practical, concise and engaging overview of their latest trends and their impact on the future of the financial services industry including numerous use cases and practical examples. The book is a must read for any professional currently working in finance, any student studying the topic or anyone curious on how the future of finance will look like.
Author : Brian Patrick Eha
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780746593
In the space of a few years, Bitcoin has gone from an idea ignored or maligned by almost everyone to an asset with a market cap of more than $12 billion. Venture capital firms, Goldman Sachs, the New York Stock Exchange, and billionaires such as Richard Branson and Peter Thiel have invested more than $1 billion in companies built on this groundbreaking technology. Bill Gates has even declared it ‘better than currency’. The pioneers of Bitcoin were twenty-first-century outlaws – cryptographers, hackers, Free Staters, ex-cons and drug dealers, teenage futurists and self-taught entrepreneurs – armed with a renegade ideology and a grudge against big government and big banks. Now those same institutions are threatening to co-opt or curtail the impact of digital currency. But the pioneers, some of whom have become millionaires themselves, aren’t going down without a fight. Sweeping and provocative, How Money Got Free reveals how this disruptive technology is shaping the debate around competing ideas of money and liberty, and what that means for our future.
Author : Brian Kelly
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118963661
Get a handle on the digital currency revolution, and learn how to get on board The Bitcoin Big Bang is a guide to navigating the uncharted territory of digital currency. Written by CNBC contributor Brian Kelly, this book goes beyond Bitcoin 101 to explain how this transformative technology is about to change the world. Digital currency is thrown into perspective against the history of payment systems and its own evolution, as readers are invited to explore the ways in which this technology is already changing the way business gets done. Readers gain insight into the mechanisms behind Bitcoin, and an expert perspective on digital currency's effect on the future of money and the economic implications of the Bitcoin revolution. In the same way that e-mail changed the way we transfer information, the decentralized Bitcoin network is about to revolutionize the business world, the legal profession, and even the role of the government. The Bitcoin Big Bang dives head first into this paradigm shift, allowing readers to: Explore the origins of digital currency Learn the history and evolution of payment systems Discover how the Bitcoin network is facilitating free and instant transfer of value Understand the mining of Bitcoin, and how to invest The digital currency revolution has implications that spread far beyond the finance industry. Anyone who exchanges payment for goods and services is on the cusp of the next big push in societal evolution, and only an understanding of the technology and a clear knowledge of the systems and behaviors at play can fully prepare us for the changes to come. The Bitcoin Big Bang is the go-to guide, helping those who use money use it better.
Author : Jacob Goldstein
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780316417181
The co-host of the popular NPR podcast Planet Money provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit humanity's changing needs. Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In Money, Jacob Goldstein shows how money is a useful fiction that has shaped societies for thousands of years, from the rise of coins in ancient Greece to the first stock market in Amsterdam to the emergence of shadow banking in the 21st century. At the heart of the story are the fringe thinkers and world leaders who reimagined money. Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor, created paper money backed by nothing, centuries before it appeared in the west. John Law, a professional gambler and convicted murderer, brought modern money to France (and destroyed the country's economy). The cypherpunks, a group of radical libertarian computer programmers, paved the way for bitcoin. One thing they all realized: what counts as money (and what doesn't) is the result of choices we make, and those choices have a profound effect on who gets more stuff and who gets less, who gets to take risks when times are good, and who gets screwed when things go bad. Lively, accessible, and full of interesting details (like the 43-pound copper coins that 17th-century Swedes carried strapped to their backs), Money is the story of the choices that gave us money as we know it today.
Author : Maximilian Erlmeier
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783755736233
Bitcoin and the Blockchain: A technology of the future or more appearance than reality? This book dispels preconceptions and offers an easy-to-understand yet well-founded introduction to the subject. It teaches the most important basics about Bitcoin and shows why Bitcoin is not just "digital gold" but heralds a digital revolution. Author Maximilian Erlmeier, himself an entrepreneur and crypto investor, provides valuable advice on what is needed to avoid missing out on the next technical revolution. Without getting lost in technical details, he explains why Bitcoin has the potential to change society and the global distribution of wealth from the get-go.
Author : Ryan Derousseau
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781507209332
Maximize your money while avoiding the potential pitfalls of investing in cryptocurrency—this handy guide shows you how to get in from the bottom up in this hot new market. Cryptocurrency—a digital asset that uses cryptography to secure all of its transactions, making it nearly impossible to counterfeit—is moving into the mainstream, receiving coverage from major financial websites such as Forbes and Bloomberg, as well as increased attention from serious financial institutions, and experiencing wider availability in trusted markets, such as the world’s largest futures exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange. As the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to fluctuate and and news stories of cryptocurrency hackers increase, investors have to be more conscious of the huge opportunities and large risks in this market. Understanding these risks and rewards of cryptocurrency is vital for everyone wanting to make money on this exciting new form of investing. The Everything Guide to Investing in Cryptocurrency is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to help you safely jump into the lucrative world of e-commerce. You’ll learn: —The different major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, litecoin, and ethereum —Where to buy and sell cryptocurrencies safely and securely —Setting up and managing your cryptocurrency wallet —Properly analyzing their investments Leap into cryptocurrencies with a full understanding of what you’re investing in. With the help of The Everything Guide to Investing in Cryptocurrencies, you’ll maximize your gains and minimize your risks in this radical new frontier.
Author : Arvind Narayanan,Joseph Bonneau,Edward Felten,Andrew Miller,Steven Goldfeder
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781400884155
An authoritative introduction to the exciting new technologies of digital money Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies provides a comprehensive introduction to the revolutionary yet often misunderstood new technologies of digital currency. Whether you are a student, software developer, tech entrepreneur, or researcher in computer science, this authoritative and self-contained book tells you everything you need to know about the new global money for the Internet age. How do Bitcoin and its block chain actually work? How secure are your bitcoins? How anonymous are their users? Can cryptocurrencies be regulated? These are some of the many questions this book answers. It begins by tracing the history and development of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, and then gives the conceptual and practical foundations you need to engineer secure software that interacts with the Bitcoin network as well as to integrate ideas from Bitcoin into your own projects. Topics include decentralization, mining, the politics of Bitcoin, altcoins and the cryptocurrency ecosystem, the future of Bitcoin, and more. An essential introduction to the new technologies of digital currency Covers the history and mechanics of Bitcoin and the block chain, security, decentralization, anonymity, politics and regulation, altcoins, and much more Features an accompanying website that includes instructional videos for each chapter, homework problems, programming assignments, and lecture slides Also suitable for use with the authors' Coursera online course Electronic solutions manual (available only to professors)
Author : Thomas Levenson
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780812987966
The sweeping story of the world’s first financial crisis: “an astounding episode from the early days of financial markets that to this day continues to intrigue and perplex historians . . . narrative history at its best, lively and fresh with new insights” (Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lords of Finance) A Financial Times Economics Book of the Year ● Longlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award In the heart of the Scientific Revolution, when new theories promised to explain the affairs of the universe, Britain was broke, facing a mountain of debt accumulated in war after war it could not afford. But that same Scientific Revolution—the kind of thinking that helped Isaac Newton solve the mysteries of the cosmos—would soon lead clever, if not always scrupulous, men to try to figure a way out of Britain’s financial troubles. Enter the upstart leaders of the South Sea Company. In 1719, they laid out a grand plan to swap citizens’ shares of the nation’s debt for company stock, removing the burden from the state and making South Sea’s directors a fortune in the process. Everybody would win. The king’s ministers took the bait—and everybody did win. Far too much, far too fast. The following crash came suddenly in a rush of scandal, jail, suicide, and ruin. But thanks to Britain’s leader, Robert Walpole, the kingdom found its way through to emerge with the first truly modern, reliable, and stable financial exchange. Thomas Levenson’s Money for Nothing tells the unbelievable story of the South Sea Bubble with all the exuberance, folly, and the catastrophe of an event whose impact can still be felt today.
Author : Saifedean Ammous
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Bitcoin
ISBN : 1544526474
The Fiat Standard is an insightful study of the history, function, and impacts of the fiat monetary system on human society, economics, and politics over the past century. What are the possibilities for the rise of bitcoin in this system?