Cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution : Bitcoin and beyond /
Brendan January.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Front Flap -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Bitcoin and Blockchain -- Chapter 2 Establishing Potential -- Chapter 3 Cryptocurrencies Take Off -- Chapter 4 Crypto Winter -- Chapter 5 Hacks, Thieves, and Critics -- Chapter 6 Blockchain: The Tulip Bulb of the Internet? -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Source Notes -- Further Information -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- Back Flap -- Back Cover
"When Bitcoin was first released in January 2009, each digital coin was worth only a few pennies. A single Bitcoin is now valued at over ten thousand dollars. This book examines digital cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology that makes them possible."--