Recommendation: Cryptocurrency is an eye-opening read that explores the transformative potential of cryptocurrencies, providing a guide to the future of the financial system. It demystifies the concept of bitcoin and explains where it fits into the cultural zeitgeist, pointing towards the cultural, social, and economic implications of the digital currency that could reshape our world. The book shows how cryptocurrencies bypass the elites, cut out the gatekeepers, and provide a transparent system that could bring about a democratic revolution in money. Whether you're new to blockchain and digital money or already an enthusiast, this book offers insights and guidance on the future of money.

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The system that governs how money works, with its brokers and middlemen, has stayed roughly the same for centuries. Now there’s an alternative, and it puts us on the cusp of a revolution that could reshape our world.At the heart of this lie cryptocurrencies, a technology with the transformative potential of the printing press or the internet. They bypass the elites and cut out the gatekeepers. Unlike traditional money they’re peer-to-peer, they don’t have a nationality, they’re digital and democratic. They are also lawless.For the Afghani woman denied a bank account by a repressive society, or any of the world’s 2.5 billion unbanked individuals, cryptocurrencies open new possibilities. What would a world without banks or credit cards or even national currencies look like for all of us?From Silicon Valley to the streets of Beijing, this is a book about a revolution in the making, a story of human invention, and a guide to the future.

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