TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ammous,Saifedean
TI  - The bitcoin standard: the decentralized alternative to central banking 
SN  - 9781119473916 (epub)
AV  - HG1710 
U1  - 332.178 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Hoboken
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Bitcoin
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Electronic commerce
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Money -- Primitive moneys -- Monetary metals -- Government money -- Digital money -- Sound money and time preference -- Money as capitalism's information system -- Sound money and individual freedom -- What is bitcoin good for? -- Bitcoin questions
N2  - "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"--
ER  -