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Catching Up to Crypto

Your Guide to Bitcoin and the New Digital Economy
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von: Ben Armstrong, Raoul Pal
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Verlag:	Wiley
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	04.01.2023
ISBN/EAN:	9781394158768
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	224

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A fun and authoritative guide to bitcoin and the future of money In Catching Up to Crypto: Your Guide to Bitcoin and the New Digital Economy, celebrated crypto and Bitcoin expert Ben Armstrong delivers an exciting and fresh new exploration of Bitcoin and digital currencies. He explains what Bitcoin is, how it works, and how and why we’re all transitioning to a digital economy as we speak. He discusses the deficiencies of traditional fiat currency, how it’s commonly manipulated, and how we can all benefit from the adoption of new, digital assets. In the book, you’ll discover how Bitcoin operates in the real-world and how the underlying technology—known as the blockchain—operates. You’ll also learn about: <ul> <li>The importance of decentralization, trust-less commerce and cryptographic consensus.</li> <li>The humble origins of Bitcoin, as well as how it nearly died out, and how it went on to take over the world</li> <li>How monetary and financial policy is being revolutionized by the introduction of Bitcoin and other crypto-assets.</li></ul>An essential and engaging review of Bitcoin, digital assets, and the new digital economy, Catching Up to Crypto is the hands-on and comprehensive introduction to crypto that investors, enthusiasts, the crypto-curious, and finance professionals have been waiting for.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii 1 The Great Devaluation 1 Central Banks 2 The Fed 4 2 Digital Money Tree 7 New Money 9 New Ways to Spend 11 3 First- Gen Giants 13 Cypherpunk 14 Disruptive Tech 17 4 Genesis Block 21 A Culture Is Born 25 Bitcoin for President 26 5 A Short Course in Blockchain 29 Blockchain 101 29 Blockchain 201 32 Blockchain 365 34 6 A Necessary Evil 35 Silk Road 37 The Streisand Effect 41 7 “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems” 43 BitInstant 45 Regulators Take Notice 47 8 What the Fork? 49 Shots Fired 52 ASICBoost 55 9 The Future Is Born 59 The Ethereum Team 61 Blast Off 62 The DAO 63 10 Digital Gold Transformation 67 Bitcoin Becomes Digital Gold 68 Halving 70 11 Crypto Turning Point 73 Buy Bitcoin 74 Moonboys and Lambos 77 12 New Layer to the Internet 79 DeFi 81 The Challengers 83 13 Brave New World 87 Stablecoins 87 Oracles 88 Memecoins 89 Community Coins 90 14 Investment Prep 91 Step One: Researching 92 Step Two: Choosing 94 Step Three: Deploying Capital 97 15 Tips of the Trade 99 Trading Tokens 100 Some Trading Caveats 102 Trader Training 103 Types of Trading 105 Risk Management 107 Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained 107 16 Non- Fungible Tokens (NFTs) 109 Historical NFTs 110 The Next Generation 111 The Next-Next Generation 114 17 Web3 and the Metaverse 117 The Metaverse 121 Not a New Idea 123 18 Crypto FUD 127 The Long Arm of the Law 128 19 Crypto Warnings 133 Hackers 133 Scammers 135 Contagion 140 20 The Future of Crypto 141 Crypto Grows Up 141 Stablecoins 142 Blockchain Equities 143 The Flippening 143 Regenerative Finance 144 Universal Basic Income 146 21 Where Do You Go from Here? 149 Community Is Key 149 Mainstream Takes Time 151 Embrace Change 151 Appendix: Essential Resources and Tools of the Trade 153 Notes 159 Index 195

Autorenportrait

BEN ARMSTRONG is a YouTuber, podcaster, Crypto enthusiast, and creator of BitBoyCrypto.com. He educates and informs the Crypto community of all things Crypto, including news updates, information about the different kinds of Cryptocurrencies, and trading and investment tips. His YouTube channel has grown to over 1 million subscribers.

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Praise for CATCHING UP TO CRYPTO “Ben has a lot of experience in the Crypto markets. We’re bullish on this book!” —Aaron and Austin Arnold, Altcoin Daily “If you have 10 min a day, you can improve your life by self-educating. I highly recommend you spend some of that time reading Catching Up to Crypto and let Ben guide you through the ups and downs of Cryptocurrency. There’s no better way to learn than with one of the best!” —CryptoWendyO, Founder and Host of The O Show “I bought an NFT beat produced by Eminem for $100,000 at ShadyCon in 2021. I dove headfirst into an extremely complicated space with no real knowledge of its landscape—and Ben was an integral part of helping me navigate the learning curve. Not only did Ben smarten me up to the world of Crypto and NFTs—he did so in a way that I’m positive could help many more people.” —Tom MacDonald, Rapper, Songwriter “Ben is a great guy, an OG in the Crypto space with so much knowledge. This book can be super useful for people entering the space wanting to understand Bitcoin and the revolution happening here!” —Randi Hipper, “Miss Teen Crypto” “I’ve known Ben since he had tens of thousands of subs on YouTube and he was always funny, true to himself and others, and just eager to educate in any way he could. That passion has not only fueled his massive growth on YouTube but as a person and I’m grateful to consider him a friend.” —Jason Appleton, The Crypto Crow Show