Description: Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain by Karen Boyd, Ben Gutzler, Christian Wagner "A sober riposte to all the upbeat forecasts about cryptocurrency" - New York Review of Books"A very convincing takedown of the whole phenomenon" - BBC NewsAn experimental new Internet-based form of money is created that anyone can generate at home; people build frightening firetrap computers full of video cards, putting out so much heat that one operator is hospitalised with heatstroke and brain damage.A young physics student starts a revolutionary new marketplace immune to State coercion; he ends up ordering hits on people because they might threaten his great experiment, and is jailed for life without parole.Fully automated contractual systems are proposed to make business and the law work better; the contracts people actually write are unregulated penny stock offerings whose fine print literally states that you are buying nothing of any value.The biggest crowdfunding in history attracts $150 million on the promise that it will embody "the steadfast iron will of unstoppable code"; upon release it is immediately hacked, and $50 million is stolen.How did we get here?David Gerard covers the origins and history of Bitcoin to the present day, the other cryptocurrencies it spawned including Ethereum, the ICO craze and the 2017 crypto bubble, and the attempts to apply blockchains and smart contracts to business. Plus a case study on blockchains in the music industry.Bitcoin and blockchains are not a technology story, but a psychology story.Remember: if it sounds too good to be true, it almost certainly is. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography David Gerard is a Unix system administrator by day. His job includes keeping track of exciting new technologies and advising against the bad ones. He was previously an award-winning music journalist, and has blogged about music at Rocknerd.co.uk since 2001. He is a volunteer spokesman for Wikipedia, and is on the board of the RationalMedia Foundation, host of skeptical wiki RationalWiki.org. His website is davidgerard.co.uk. He lives in east London with his spouse Arkady and their daughter. Until he reinstalled the laptop they were on, he was the proud owner of six Dogecoins. Details ISBN1974000060 Short Title Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain Pages 182 Language English Year 2017 Photographer Ben Gutzler ISBN-10 1974000060 ISBN-13 9781974000067 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-07-24 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform UK Release Date 2017-07-24 Author Christian Wagner Subtitle Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts DEWEY 332.40285 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:129190798;
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