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For a long time, the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchains was viewed as a niche space of little interest to mainstream business and finance sectors. With J.P. Morgan, Facebook, Walmart, and even some central banks investing in these new technologies, this has undoubtedly changed. The Cryptocurrency Revolution explains the most important takeaways from the continued growth of digital currencies and blockchains and explores the transformative possibilities of borderless payments and machine-to-machine transactions.
Written in jargon-free and accessible language, this book examines the key value proposition of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and how blockchains could enable banks to become more efficient. It looks at the potential impact of company-backed digital currencies (such as Facebook's Libra) and how governments and regulators around the world are reacting to new innovations. With discussion of the principles of tokenomics and the difference between public and private blockchains, The Cryptocurrency Revolution is the essential guide for professionals wishing to understand the threats and opportunities of the changing world of money.
List of contents
Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: What is money?; Chapter - 02: The first 10 years of Bitcoin; Chapter - 03: Litecoin, Ethereum and a tidal wave of altcoins; Chapter - 04: Libra: how Big Tech moved in on digital currencies; Chapter - 05: Tokenomics and governance; Chapter - 06: Driving change with token economies: case studies; Chapter - 07: Public blockchains versus permissioned blockchains; Chapter - 08: ICO mania; Chapter - 09: Banking and financial services; Chapter - 10: A revolution in financial products; Chapter - 11: Regulation; Chapter - 12: State-issued digital currencies; Chapter - 13: Future digital currency trends
About the author
Rhian Lewis is a consultant software engineer and former digital journalist at The Times who is a regular international conference speaker and panellist on all things blockchain and cryptocurrency. She launched the altcoin portfolio tracker countmycrypto.com, co-founded the London Women in Bitcoin meetup group in 2014 and has acted as an advisor and strategist on various blockchain projects for the last seven years. She blogs on cryptocurrency and is the author of The Cryptocurrency Revolution (Kogan Page). She is based near Plymouth, UK.
Summary
Understand the potential challenges and transformative opportunities of cryptocurrencies and blockchains.
Foreword
Compares the attitudes of governments and regulators around the world to genuinely borderless technologies
