Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
- 作者
- 出版社 Harper Paperbacks
- 出版时间 2016年5月
- ISBN 006236250X 或 9780062362506
- 定价 105.53
内容简介
NewYorkTimesBookReviewEditor’sChoiceSHORTLISTEDFORTHE2015FINANCIALTIMESANDMCKINSEYBUSINESSBOOKOFTHEYEARANewYorkTimestechnologyandbusinessreporterchartsthedramaticriseofBitcoinandthefascinatingpersonalitieswhoarestrivingtocreateanewglobalmoneyfortheInternetage.DigitalGoldisNewYorkTimesreporterNathanielPopper’sbrilliantandengrossinghistoryofBitcoin,thelandmarkdigitalmoneyandfinancialtechnologythathasspawnedaglobalsocialmovement.Thenotionofanewcurrency,maintainedbythecomputersofusersaroundtheworld,hasbeenthebuttofmanyjokes,butthathasnotstoppeditfromgrowingintoatechnologyworthbillionsofdollars,supportedbythehordesoffollowerswhohavecometoviewitasthemostimportantnewideasincethecreationoftheInternet.BelieversfromBeijingtoBuenosAiresseethepotentialforafinancialsystemfreefrombanksandgovernments.Morethanjustatechindustryfad,Bitcoinhasthreatenedtodecentralizesomeofsociety’smostbasicinstitutions.Anunusualtaleofgroupinvention,DigitalGoldchartstheriseoftheBitcointechnologythroughtheeyesofthemovement’scolorfulcentralcharacters,includinganArgentinianmillionaire,aChineseentrepreneur,TylerandCameronWinklevoss,andBitcoin’selusivecreator,SatoshiNakamoto.Already,Bitcoinhasledtountoldrichesforsome,andprisontermsforothers.
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