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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Bitcoin is a new form of money that users themselves create, hold, and transfer directly everywhere.
Chapter 3: Bitcoin represents a new method of managing money communally.
Chapter 4: Bitcoin’s initial burst of popularity arose from drug trades on the underground marketplace site Silk Road.
Chapter 5: Wikileaks and Occupy Wall Street showcased Bitcoin’s ability to strip power from major banks.
Chapter 6: Argentina’s financial crises showed how Bitcoin can indeed shift power from governments to the poor.
Chapter 7: The Bitcoin protocol offers many advantages over standard currencies, far beyond storing and moving money.
Description
Digital Gold (2015) tells the story of the many different individuals – including cypherpunks, nerds, investors, gamblers and visionaries – that contributed to the rise of the world’s most successful cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. The book gives an overview of the way Bitcoin developed, showing how its value rose from nothing to over $1 billion, and telling the story of its troubled early stages.
Who Should Listen
- People curious about the future of money
- Concerned citizens who don’t trust banks
- Anyone selling goods on the internet