Catching Up to Crypto: Your Guide to Bitcoin and the New Digital Economy

ISBN-13: 9781394158744 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 224 str.

Ben (BitBoyCrypto.com) Armstrong

Spis treści

Foreword xiPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xvIntroduction xvii1 The Great Devaluation 1Central Banks 2The Fed 42 Digital Money Tree 7New Money 9New Ways to Spend 113 First- Gen Giants 13Cypherpunk 14Disruptive Tech 174 Genesis Block 21A Culture Is Born 25Bitcoin for President 265 A Short Course in Blockchain 29Blockchain 101 29Blockchain 201 32Blockchain 365 346 A Necessary Evil 35Silk Road 37The Streisand Effect 417 "Mo' Money, Mo' Problems" 43BitInstant 45Regulators Take Notice 478 What the Fork? 49Shots Fired 52ASICBoost 559 The Future Is Born 59The Ethereum Team 61Blast Off 62The DAO 6310 Digital Gold Transformation 67Bitcoin Becomes Digital Gold 68Halving 7011 Crypto Turning Point 73Buy Bitcoin 74Moonboys and Lambos 7712 New Layer to the Internet 79DeFi 81The Challengers 8313 Brave New World 87Stablecoins 87Oracles 88Memecoins 89Community Coins 9014 Investment Prep 91Step One: Researching 92Step Two: Choosing 94Step Three: Deploying Capital 9715 Tips of the Trade 99Trading Tokens 100Some Trading Caveats 102Trader Training 103Types of Trading 105Risk Management 107Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained 10716 Non- Fungible Tokens (NFTs) 109Historical NFTs 110The Next Generation 111The Next-Next Generation 11417 Web3 and the Metaverse 117The Metaverse 121Not a New Idea 12318 Crypto FUD 127The Long Arm of the Law 12819 Crypto Warnings 133Hackers 133Scammers 135Contagion 14020 The Future of Crypto 141Crypto Grows Up 141Stablecoins 142Blockchain Equities 143The Flippening 143Regenerative Finance 144Universal Basic Income 14621 Where Do You Go from Here? 149Community Is Key 149Mainstream Takes Time 151Embrace Change 151Appendix: Essential Resources and Tools of the Trade 153Notes 159Index 195

O autorze

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.