Decrypting Money: A Comprehensive Introduction to Bitcoin

Bitcoin is more than an investment. It's more than electronic cash, or a form of payment. Bitcoin is security, equality, and independence. Bitcoin is gold-a gold tailor-made for the internet age.


In Decrypting Money, cryptocurrency experts Marco Krohn, Anthony Jefferies, Marco Streng, and Zoran Balkic pull back the curtain on the world of public ledgers, decentralization, mining, blockchains, and private keys. They reveal a place where printing presses cannot debase money and funds are safely-and quickly-transferred over insecure networks. Without technical jargon or complicated formulae, this insightful resource provides everyone from the bitcoin novice to the experienced user with background knowledge on the history of money, the characteristics of sound money, and the deep rabbit hole of cryptocurrencies. Decrypting Money is the jumpstart you need to understand cryptocurrencies and make your money truly yours.

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Decrypting Money: A Comprehensive Introduction to Bitcoin

Bitcoin is more than an investment. It's more than electronic cash, or a form of payment. Bitcoin is security, equality, and independence. Bitcoin is gold-a gold tailor-made for the internet age.


In Decrypting Money, cryptocurrency experts Marco Krohn, Anthony Jefferies, Marco Streng, and Zoran Balkic pull back the curtain on the world of public ledgers, decentralization, mining, blockchains, and private keys. They reveal a place where printing presses cannot debase money and funds are safely-and quickly-transferred over insecure networks. Without technical jargon or complicated formulae, this insightful resource provides everyone from the bitcoin novice to the experienced user with background knowledge on the history of money, the characteristics of sound money, and the deep rabbit hole of cryptocurrencies. Decrypting Money is the jumpstart you need to understand cryptocurrencies and make your money truly yours.

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Decrypting Money: A Comprehensive Introduction to Bitcoin

Decrypting Money: A Comprehensive Introduction to Bitcoin

Decrypting Money: A Comprehensive Introduction to Bitcoin

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Overview

Bitcoin is more than an investment. It's more than electronic cash, or a form of payment. Bitcoin is security, equality, and independence. Bitcoin is gold-a gold tailor-made for the internet age.


In Decrypting Money, cryptocurrency experts Marco Krohn, Anthony Jefferies, Marco Streng, and Zoran Balkic pull back the curtain on the world of public ledgers, decentralization, mining, blockchains, and private keys. They reveal a place where printing presses cannot debase money and funds are safely-and quickly-transferred over insecure networks. Without technical jargon or complicated formulae, this insightful resource provides everyone from the bitcoin novice to the experienced user with background knowledge on the history of money, the characteristics of sound money, and the deep rabbit hole of cryptocurrencies. Decrypting Money is the jumpstart you need to understand cryptocurrencies and make your money truly yours.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781544536002
Publisher: Lioncrest Publishing
Publication date: 06/20/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 314
File size: 9 MB

About the Author

Marco Krohn studied mathematics, physics, and economics, obtaining a PhD in theoretical physics and working for an investment bank for several years after graduation. After learning about bitcoin, Marco quit his bank job to join the cryptocurrency revolution. He is the co-founder of many successful blockchain companies, including Genesis Digital Assets, the world's largest mining company, Genesis Mining, and Genesis Group.
Anthony Jefferies studied mathematics and engineering and completed his PhD in the field of numerical simulation of combustion. He worked for more than ten years at major German car manufacturers, performing computational fluid calculations in the research and development division. Since discovering bitcoin, he has been involved in a number of cryptocurrency projects, including a cryptocurrency exchange and the development of quantitative tools for bitcoin data analysis.
Marco Streng is the co-founder and CEO of Genesis Digital Assets, one of the largest industrial-scale bitcoin mining companies in the world. In 2013, Marco was studying to become a mathematician when he first discovered bitcoin. He became fascinated by the technology and assembled his first bitcoin miner in his dorm room before rapidly expanding and building industrial-scale mining farms around the world. Before Genesis Digital Assets, Marco co-founded Genesis Mining and Genesis Group.Zoran Balkic has been a computer scientist since he was a child, studying then teaching computer science at the university level for fifteen years. His first bitcoin project in 2013 involved using SMS to buy bitcoin, and he went on to found and lead successful companies in the cryptocurrency industry. His interest in education continues, and he is an active participant in the Croatian bitcoin community.
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