Why Cryptocurrencies?: What they are, what they do and why they matter - Paperback

by Jonas Hietala (Author)

Bitcoin is one of the most transformative technologies in history, but at the same time it's dismissed as useless or only seen as a speculative vehicle. Why Cryptocurrencies? will dispel that myth by exploring real use-cases and show how cryptocurrencies are uniquely positioned to revolutionize the way we use money today.

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• Gives you the important conceptual ideas. It's all too easy to get bogged down with technical details; the high-level concepts are what's truly important.
• Easy to read. The book is beginner-friendly and doesn't require any prior knowledge.
• Focused on utility. The focus is on concrete use-cases, instead of the more seductive speculative approach.
• It's bigger than Bitcoin. There are many more cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin. The focus is on the general cryptocurrency concept and it's potential, instead of on a single implementation.
• Visits a wide variety of topics. This isn't only about cryptocurrencies. It's also about money, censorship, our financial system, and the dark secrets that Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden revealed.
• The order doesn't matter. Chapters are self-contained, so you can jump around and read the sections you're interested in.