01333cam a2200217 i 4500 20251221124409.0 180330s2018 njua b 001 0 eng c 9781119473862 BD-DhBPA BD-DhBPA BD-DhBPA BD-DhBPA 332.1 AMB 2018 Ammous, Saifedean The bitcoin standard : the decentralized alternative to central banking / Saifedean Ammous. New Jersey : Wiley & Sons, 2018 xviii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index. "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"-- Morsheda Aktar Bitcoin. 154024 Electronic commerce. 154025 ddc BK 57265 57265 0 0 ddc 0 0 BPATC BPATC Book Review81 1 332.1 AMB 2018 115213 2026-07-16 2026-07-16 01:30:38 2026-07-16 2025-12-21 BK