Catching Up to Crypto

Catching Up to Crypto

by Ben Armstrong
Released January 2023
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781394158744

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Book description

A fun and authoritative guide to bitcoin and the future of money

In Catching Up to Crypto: Your Guide to Bitcoin and the New Digital Economy, celebrated crypto and Bitcoin expert Ben Armstrong delivers an exciting and fresh new exploration of Bitcoin and digital currencies. He explains what Bitcoin is, how it works, and how and why we’re all transitioning to a digital economy as we speak. He discusses the deficiencies of traditional fiat currency, how it’s commonly manipulated, and how we can all benefit from the adoption of new, digital assets.

In the book, you’ll discover how Bitcoin operates in the real-world and how the underlying technology—known as the blockchain—operates. You’ll also learn about:

  • The importance of decentralization, trust-less commerce and cryptographic consensus.
  • The humble origins of Bitcoin, as well as how it nearly died out, and how it went on to take over the world
  • How monetary and financial policy is being revolutionized by the introduction of Bitcoin and other crypto-assets.

An essential and engaging review of Bitcoin, digital assets, and the new digital economy, Catching Up to Crypto is the hands-on and comprehensive introduction to crypto that investors, enthusiasts, the crypto-curious, and finance professionals have been waiting for.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. CHAPTER 1: The Great Devaluation
    1. Central Banks
    2. The Fed
    3. Notes
  10. CHAPTER 2: Digital Money Tree
    1. New Money
    2. New Ways to Spend
    3. Notes
  11. CHAPTER 3: First‐Gen Giants
    1. Cypherpunk
    2. Disruptive Tech
    3. Notes
  12. CHAPTER 4: Genesis Block
    1. A Culture Is Born
    2. Bitcoin for President
    3. Notes
  13. CHAPTER 5: A Short Course in Blockchain
    1. Blockchain 101
    2. Blockchain 201
    3. Blockchain 365
    4. Notes
  14. CHAPTER 6: A Necessary Evil
    1. Silk Road
    2. The Streisand Effect
    3. Notes
  15. CHAPTER 7: “Mo' Money, Mo' Problems”
    1. BitInstant
    2. Regulators Take Notice
    3. Notes
  16. CHAPTER 8: What the Fork?
    1. Shots Fired
    2. ASICBoost
    3. Notes
  17. CHAPTER 9: The Future Is Born
    1. The Ethereum Team
    2. Blast Off
    3. The DAO
    4. Notes
  18. CHAPTER 10: Digital Gold Transformation
    1. Bitcoin Becomes Digital Gold
    2. Halving
    3. Notes
  19. CHAPTER 11: Crypto Turning Point
    1. Buy Bitcoin
    2. Moonboys and Lambos
    3. Notes
  20. CHAPTER 12: New Layer to the Internet
    1. DeFi
    2. The Challengers
    3. Notes
  21. CHAPTER 13: Brave New World
    1. Stablecoins
    2. Oracles
    3. Memecoins
    4. Community Coins
    5. Notes
  22. CHAPTER 14: Investment Prep
    1. Step One: Researching
    2. Step Two: Choosing
    3. Step Three: Deploying Capital
    4. Notes
  23. CHAPTER 15: Tips of the Trade
    1. Trading Tokens
    2. Some Trading Caveats
    3. Trader Training
    4. Types of Trading
    5. Risk Management
    6. Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
    7. Notes
  24. CHAPTER 16: Non‐Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
    1. Historical NFTs
    2. The Next Generation
    3. The Next‐Next Generation
    4. Notes
  25. CHAPTER 17: Web3 and the Metaverse
    1. The Metaverse
    2. Not a New Idea
    3. Notes
  26. CHAPTER 18: Crypto FUD
    1. The Long Arm of the Law
    2. Notes
  27. CHAPTER 19: Crypto Warnings
    1. Hackers
    2. Scammers
    3. Contagion
    4. Notes
  28. CHAPTER 20: The Future of Crypto
    1. Crypto Grows Up
    2. Stablecoins
    3. Blockchain Equities
    4. The Flippening
    5. Regenerative Finance
    6. Universal Basic Income
    7. Notes
  29. CHAPTER 21: Where Do You Go from Here?
    1. Community Is Key
    2. Mainstream Takes Time
    3. Embrace Change
    4. Notes
  30. Appendix: Essential Resources and Tools of the Trade
  31. Index
  32. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Catching Up to Crypto
  • Author(s): Ben Armstrong
  • Release date: January 2023
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781394158744