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Bitcoin
- The Future Of Money?
- Narrated by: Dominic Frisby
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
In 2008, while the world was busy panicking about the global financial crisis, a computer programmer going by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto posted a message on an out-of-the-way mailing list. 'I've been working on a new electronic cash system,' he said. Nobody seemed to care. ‘It might make sense to get some just in case it catches on,’ he suggested.
How right he was. What he had programmed would become the world’s most famous alternative currency – Bitcoin. It would catch the zeitgeist in a way only two people foresaw. A cult of devotees was inspired – economists, anarchists, speculators, computer coders, libertarians, criminals, entrepreneurs. Early adopters would become multi-millionaires.
Now the suggestion is that Bitcoin will do to banking and finance what email did to the postal service and what the internet did to publishing: destroy old monopolies, creating new opportunities for the masses. Some even suggest that the technology behind Bitcoin – known as the block chain – will reform our Western systems of democracy, giving us the revolution so many are clamouring for.
In this gripping book, Dominic Frisby tells the amazing story of Bitcoin. He solves the mystery surrounding the identity of Bitcoin’s secretive creator. He shows how Bitcoin is going to change the world. And, perhaps most of all, he does something nobody else has hitherto been able to do: he explains in layman’s language how the bally thing works.
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- wilam shields
- 31-03-21
Both indepth and easy to read
Both indepth and easy to read, extremely well researched and informative. I am not SN
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- Anonymous User
- 01-12-21
A great insight
A very easy listen. It is a great insight into Bitcoin and the world of crypto.
If you are new to it all and need a bit of clarity, then definately worth a listen.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-12-16
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE BOOK
This is an incredible review of how blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies came about. I literally knew nothing about this subject 7 days ago and now feel well informed in it's history and it's potential to revolutionise our society in so many ways. Thank you Dominic Frisby and thanks especially to SATOSHI NAKAMOTO
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- h2n
- 03-09-15
Very special
Brilliant eye opening not the same after reading this book. Serious easy to listen
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- Ross Evans
- 06-10-16
Awesome insight into Bitcoin
Awesome insight into Bitcoin. Very informative and well written. Really enjoyed it the book. Well done Dominic!
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- Uday Nazare
- 11-09-22
A must read book
One of the most simplest way to understand Bitcoin and crypto currency. If this book can't make you understand the basics of Bitcoin then nothing will.
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- S H.
- 23-10-20
Brilliant! & entertaining
if you want to learn about bitcoin, the history of its development & it's future this is a must.
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- David
- 16-07-19
fantastic book for Botcoin beginners
Great story with a good narrator. Brilliant research by the author on many areas- a lot of work obviously went into this book. Highly recommended if you want to know about bitcoins past, present and potential future.
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- Brian S.Smith
- 12-01-20
Bitcoin Excellent
Fascinating, Well presented, It's such an in-depth subject and I will have play it again
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- Anonymous User
- 29-01-20
Great book to understand what is bitcoin
Reading it in 2020 its a bit outdated, but after reading it you look with a different view at bitcoin and blockchain.
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