TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ammous,Saifedean
TI  - The Bitcoin standard: the decentralized alternative to central banking 
SN  - 9781119473862
AV  - HG1710 .A46 2018
U1  - 332.1/78 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Hoboken, New Jersey
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
KW  - Bitcoin
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Electronic commerce
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - E-Commerce
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - cct
KW  - fast
KW  - gnd
KW  - Geld
KW  - Notenbank
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Money -- Primitive moneys -- Monetary metals -- Government money -- Money and time preference -- Capitalism's information system -- Sound money and individual freedom -- Digital money -- What is bitcoin good for? -- Bitcoin questions
N2  - "Bitcoin is the digital age's novel, decentralized, and automated solution to the problem of money: accessible worldwide, controlled by nobody. Can this young upstart money challenge the global monetary order? Economist Saifedean Ammous traces the history of the technologies of money to seashells, limestones, cattle, salt, beads, metals, and government debt, explaining what gave these technologies their monetary role, what makes for sound money, and the benefits of a sound monetary regime to economic growth, innovation, culture, trade, individual freedom, and international peace"--
ER  -