Cryptocurrencies and the Blockchain Revolution
  • Author : Brendan January
  • Release Date : 06 October 2020
  • Publisher : Millbrook Press
  • Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
  • Pages : 96
  • ISBN 13 : 9781728411538
  • Total Download : 264
  • File Size : 48,7 Mb

Cryptocurrencies and the Blockchain Revolution PDF Summary

In January 2009, a mysterious software developer, Satoshi Nakamoto, exchanged a specially designed code with another developer. The code was a digital currency that Nakamoto had proposed several months before in a paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” This was the first Bitcoin transaction. Since then, Bitcoin has become the face of a tech revolution in digital cryptocurrencies based on blockchain technology. Its success has sparked a tech revolution that could fundamentally change global economics. Author Brendan January delves into the world of coders, libertarians, criminals, financial regulators, and crypto-detectives to understand what digital cryptocurrencies have to offer, their limitations and potential pitfalls, security issues, and how they may affect government and financial regulations in the future.