Decrypting Money - by Anthony Jefferies & Marco Krohn (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Bitcoin is more than an investment. It's more than electronic cash, or a form of payment. Bitcoin is security, equality, and independence. Bitcoin is gold-a gold tailor-made for the internet age.



In Decrypting Money, cryptocurrency experts Marco Krohn, Anthony Jefferies, Marco Streng, and Zoran Balkic pull back the curtain on the world of public ledgers, decentralization, mining, blockchains, and private keys. They reveal a place where printing presses cannot debase money and funds are safely-and quickly-transferred over insecure networks. Without technical jargon or complicated formulae, this insightful resource provides everyone from the bitcoin novice to the experienced user with background knowledge on the history of money, the characteristics of sound money, and the deep rabbit hole of cryptocurrencies. Decrypting Money is the jumpstart you need to understand cryptocurrencies and make your money truly yours.

Review Quotes

"Decrypting Money is an invaluable guide to the risks and rewards of the Bitcoin revolution, whether you want to join it yourself or only be an informed observer. Time will tell if Bitcoin is, as the authors posit, 'the most paradigm-shifting technology since the microprocessor, ' but after reading this book I wouldn't bet any bitcoins against it!"

- Garry Kasparov, Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation and the 13th World Chess Champion

"Since the beginning, humanity has struggled under the burden of imperfect money, resulting in chronic inflation escalating over time and leading inevitably to societal collapse. Bitcoin is the first engineered monetary system, respecting the laws of thermodynamics and the principles of mathematics, representing a sound technical, ethical, and economic foundation upon which to build the economy of the future."

- Michael Saylor, Chairman and Founder of Microstrategy

"Satoshi's genius is as unquestioned as it is now taken for granted. I suspect he would have wanted it that way-in every truly profound, human-driven paradigm shift, the important thing is the idea, not the man. The authors masterfully bring Satoshi's idea to life, with the clarity and insight only possible from world-class subject matter experts in a field. For everyone from novice to black-belt seekers about the importance of non-state money and the power of bitcoin to accelerate human freedom, Decrypting Money is must-read material."

- Ross L. Stevens, Founder and CEO, Stone Ridge Holdings Group

"In an industry full of noise, signal is vital. Decrypting Money is that signal: a lucid review of the most radical technology of the twenty-first century. As works money, so works the world, and as money changes from state-based fiat to market-based cryptocurrency, power structures will be altered and, hopefully, humanity much advanced."

- Erik Voorhees, Founder of ShapeShift