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The bitcoin big bang : how alternative currencies are about to change the world /

Get a handle on the digital currency revolution, and learn how to get on board The Bitcoin Big Bang is a guide to navigating the uncharted territory of digital currency. Written by CNBC contributor Brian Kelly, this book goes beyond Bitcoin 101 to explain how this transformative technology is about...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kelly, Brian, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • THE BITCOIN BIG BANG; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 1 Bitcoin Is a Bubble; The Quest to Buy Bitcoin; Bitcoin Enlightenment; Currencies Are a Matter of Trust; What Is Bitcoin?; Is It a Currency?; Its Revolutionary; 2 Understanding the Digital Gold Rush; The Language of Bitcoin; The Blockchain; Public and Private Keys; The Role of Miners; How Do I Buy Bitcoin?; Exchange versus Broker; Who "Gets" It?; The Gold Rush Is Just Starting; 3 Bitcoin Is More than Digital Gold; Searching for Satoshi; The Search; Why Is Satoshi a Genius?; Bigger than Satoshi.
  • 4 Byzantine Generals ProblemHow Does Bitcoin Solve the BGP?; 51 Percent Attack; An Elegant Solution; 5 A Decentralized Financial System; Grand De-Central Station; Whats at Stake?; Central Banks; Bitcoin Is the Catalyst; 6 What Do You Call a Bitcoin Miner? A Banker; How Does a Bitcoin Transaction Work?; What Is Cryptography?; Still Want to Be a Miner?; Do We Need Another Bitcoin?; 7 Nautiluscoin-0 to 1 Million in 60 Days; Creating the Coin; Did It Work?; 8 Building the Nautiluscoin Economy; Dynamic Proof-of-Stake; Nautiluscoin Gross Domestic Product Target; Algorithmic Monetary Policy.
  • Other Policy ToolsAlternative to Gold; Money, Made Better; Financial Market Integration; Special Drawing Rights; Why NAUT?; 9 Investing and Trading in Alternative Currencies; A New Investment Class; Valuation; Exchanges; Investment Vehicles; Winkelvoss ETF; Bitcoin Investment Trust; Asset Class Growth; 10 Regulation; Regulatory Agencies; FINCEN; New York Department of Finance; Challenges to Regulation; Pushing on a String; 11 Smart Money: Set It and Forget It; Rules of the Road; Smart Contracts and Property; Ethereum; Cryptoequities: A New Type of Investment.
  • Decentralized Autonomous OrganizationsProfessor Money; 12 Everything You Know about Business Is Wrong; Cryptonomics; Growth Share Matrix; Learning Curve Effects; Porters Three Generic Strategies; Human Resource Management; Fueling the Sharing Economy; The Future Just Might Work; Appendix 1 Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Guidance; Currency vs. Virtual Currency; Background; Definitions of User, Exchanger, and Administrator; Users of Virtual Currency; Administrators and Exchangers of Virtual Currency; a. E-Currencies and E-Precious Metals.
  • B. Centralized Virtual Currenciesc. De-Centralized Virtual Currencies; Providers and Sellers of Prepaid Access; Dealers in Foreign Exchange; Appendix 2 New York State Department of Financial Services Proposed New York Codes, Rules and Regulations; Section 200.1 Introduction; Section 200.2 Definitions; Section 200.3 License; Section 200.4 Application; Section 200.5 Application Fees; Section 200.6 Action by Superintendent; Section 200.7 Compliance; Section 200.8 Capital Requirements; Section 200.9 Custody and Protection of Customer Assets; Section 200.10 Material Change to Business.