Digital gold : bitcoin and the inside story of the misfits and millionaires trying to reinvent money
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Author
Published
New York : Harper, 2016.
Format
Book
Edition
First Harper paperback edition
ISBN
9780062362506, 006236250X
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Ilsley Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 332.4 Popper | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Harper, 2016.
Edition
First Harper paperback edition
Physical Desc
xv, 412 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780062362506, 006236250X
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description
"A New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age. Digital Gold is New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper's brilliant and engrossing history of Bitcoin, the landmark digital money and financial technology that has spawned a global social movement. The notion of a new currency, maintained by the computers of users around the world, has been the butt of many jokes, but that has not stopped it from growing into a technology worth billions of dollars, supported by the hordes of followers who have come to view it as the most important new idea since the creation of the Internet. Believers from Beijing to Buenos Aires see the potential for a financial system free from banks and governments. More than just a tech industry fad, Bitcoin has threatened to decentralize some of society's most basic institutions. An unusual tale of group invention, Digital Gold charts the rise of the Bitcoin technology through the eyes of the movement's colorful central characters, including a British anarchist, an Argentinian millionaire, a Chinese entrepreneur, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, and Bitcoin's elusive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Already, Bitcoin has led to untold riches for some, and prison terms for others. Digital Gold includes 16 pages of black-and-white photos"--,Provided by publisher
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Popper, N. (2016). Digital gold: bitcoin and the inside story of the misfits and millionaires trying to reinvent money (First Harper paperback edition). Harper.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Popper, Nathaniel. 2016. Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money. Harper.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Popper, Nathaniel. Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money Harper, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Popper, Nathaniel. Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money First Harper paperback edition, Harper, 2016.
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