Overview

The acclaimed, gripping account of the pioneers and mavericks who changed the world of money Bitcoin, the landmark digital money and financial technology, has spawned a global social movement with utopian ambitions. Believers from Beijing to London see the potential for a financial system free from banks and governments, and a new global money for the digital age. With Digital Gold, Nathaniel Popper offers an engrossing account of this new technology, filled with dramatic booms and busts that have led to untold riches for some and prison terms for others. At each turn, Bitcoin has provided a test of how money works, who benefits from it, and what it may look like in the future.

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Author:   Nathaniel Popper
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.315kg
ISBN:  

9780241180990

ISBN 10:   0241180996
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   26 May 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Lively and thorough... a vivid guide to the characters who met online and built bitcoin -- John Gapper Financial Times An amazing story... crucial reading for anyone who wants to understand the future -- Walter Isaacson, author of The Innovators An elegant, thrilling tour-de-force, the fast-paced action never stops in the ongoing quest to create something the world has never seen before -- William D. Cohan, author of House of Cards A highly readable and informative account of the early years of a technology-cryptocurrency-that may one day turn out to be almost as significant as the internet itself... a tech thriller -- John Naughton Observer

Author Information

Nathaniel Popper is a reporter at The New York Times. Before joining The Times, he worked at the Los Angeles Times and The Forward. Nathaniel grew up in Pittsburgh and is a graduate of Harvard College. He lives in Brooklyn with his family.

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