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A Fistful of Bitcoins The Risks and Opportunities of Virtual Currencies.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : EGEA Spa - Bocconi University Press, (c)2020.Description: 1 online resource (117 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 8831322109
  • 9788831322102
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HG1710 .F578 2020
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Biography -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Disclaimer -- 1. What Is Bitcoin? -- A cutting-edge electronic payment system -- An outdated currency -- How Bitcoin works -- Does bitcoin keep its promises? -- 2. The Macroeconomy of Bitcoin -- Bitcoin and fiat money compared -- What the two systems have in common -- The hidden meaning of a "brilliant" analogy -- The financial strategy of bitcoin -- 3. The Future of Bitcoin: Cryptocurrencies vs. Blockchain -- The proliferation of virtual currencies -- Non-monetary applications of the protocol
4. The Ideology of Bitcoin -- Bitcoin as the proposal for a new faith -- What to ask of a monetary project -- Bitcoin and the Austrian School -- The deflationary anti-inflationism of Bitcoin -- The libertarian quarter -- 5. Monetary Reform -- The defects of the current monetary system -- A currency up to its task -- Complementary currencies vs. alternative currencies -- References
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Description -- Biography -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Disclaimer -- 1. What Is Bitcoin? -- A cutting-edge electronic payment system -- An outdated currency -- How Bitcoin works -- Does bitcoin keep its promises? -- 2. The Macroeconomy of Bitcoin -- Bitcoin and fiat money compared -- What the two systems have in common -- The hidden meaning of a "brilliant" analogy -- The financial strategy of bitcoin -- 3. The Future of Bitcoin: Cryptocurrencies vs. Blockchain -- The proliferation of virtual currencies -- Non-monetary applications of the protocol

Applications outside of the economic sphere -- 4. The Ideology of Bitcoin -- Bitcoin as the proposal for a new faith -- What to ask of a monetary project -- Bitcoin and the Austrian School -- The deflationary anti-inflationism of Bitcoin -- The libertarian quarter -- 5. Monetary Reform -- The defects of the current monetary system -- A currency up to its task -- Complementary currencies vs. alternative currencies -- References

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