{"product_id":"blockland-21-stories-of-bitcoin-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-hardcover","title":"Blockland: 21 Stories of Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElias Ahonen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e100% roller-coaster ride, Blockland succeeds amazingly in both mythologizing and explaining the current state of the cryptocurrency industry... This is the cryptocurrency book for people who are too cool to read cryptocurrency books.\u003c\/em\u003e - Cointelegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an industry insider and a social scientist by training, Elias Ahonen \"gives an even and unbiased view of the space in a manner that is both easily accessible and utterly charming. There is no papering-over of the darker elements of cryptocurrency\u003cem\u003e.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe crypto-anarchist philosophical origins of Bitcoin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntertwined stories of 50 digital currencies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTales from the cryptocurrency mining industry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Dark Web drug dealers gave Bitcoin its wings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBillion-dollar heists of digital money\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe tribal and religious nature of the splintered crypto-culture \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBitcoin's civil wars and Ethereum's ideological crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccount of the making and aftermath of the 2018 ICO bubble\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalysis of the global governmental reception of Blockchain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Decentralized Applications (dApps), Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) present a new wave of disruption\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd much more \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElias Ahonen was described as \u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eone of the first Bitcoin historians\" by Bitcoin.com for his 2016 \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia of Physical Bitcoins and Crypto-Currencies\u003c\/em\u003e. Though he started professional life as an IT analyst and North Korea geopolitical researcher, he found himself in a whimsical seven-year career as an international blockchain consultant and dealer of million-dollar Bitcoin art, the story of which Cointelegraph labelled as perhaps \"cryptocurrency's first rock'n'roll biography\". His gonzo-style memoir serves as an intimate backdrop to the bigger story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 494\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51786885169440,"sku":"9780995089969","price":100.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/063cafd2aae08004b277d8b366d495eb.webp?v=1780641271","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/blockland-21-stories-of-bitcoin-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}