TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ammous,Saifedean
TI  - Bitcoin standard : the decentralized alternative to central banking 
SN  - 9781119473862
AV  - HG1710 .A46 2018
U1  - 332.178 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New Jersey 
PB  - Wiley 
KW  - Bitcoin
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Electronic commerce
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index
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  -