November 2014
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
5h 55m
English
Content preview from The Bitcoin Big Bang: How Alternative Currencies Are About to Change the World
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Index
- Note: Page references in italics refer to figures.
- ABC Conjecture
- Abiodun, Emmanuel
- AIG
- AirBnB
- Airline frequent flier miles, as currency
- Akkoyunlu, A.
- Alternative currency investment
- alternative cryptocurrencies (alt-coins), defined (See also Bitcoin)
- Bitcoin volatility and
- exchanges for
- growth and
- “Nixon Shock” and
- regulation of
- 60/40 portfolio model and
- valuation and
- vehicles for
- American Bankers Association
- Andreessen, Marc
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Andresen, Gavin
- Apple
- ARPANET (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
- ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) miners
- ASIC-resistant algorithm
- Auroracoin
- Austin Global Exchange
- Australian
- Automobiles, as smart property
- Bank for International Settlements
- Bank of England
- Barter system
- BCG Matrix
- Bear Stearns
- Bernanke, Ben
- Bitcoin
- Bitcoin and bitcoins, defined
- blockchain, defined (See also Blockchain)
- as bubble
- buying
- Byzantine Generals' Problem and
- California gold rush compared to
- as currency
- decentralized financial systems, defined
- as disruption to financial services industry
- early sales of
- expectations for
- growth of alternative currencies and
- inception of
- language of
- miners' role in (See also Miners/mining)
- as peer-to-peer network (See also Peer-to-peer network(s))
- public and private keys
- regulation of
- timestamp protocol of
- valuation
- value transfer and
- volatility and
- See also Smart money
- Bitcoin Foundation
- Bitcoin Investment Trust
- Bitcoin Magazine
- BITCOIN.ORG
- “Bitcoin P2P E-Cash Paper” (Nakamoto)
- Bitcoin ...
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