Digital Gold, Nathaniel Popper
Digital Gold, Nathaniel Popper
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Digital Gold
Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money

Author: Nathaniel Popper

Narrator: Robert Fass

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/19/2015

Synopsis

New York Times Book Review Editor’s ChoiceSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARA New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age.Digital Gold is New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper’s brilliant and engrossing history of Bitcoin, the landmark digital money and financial technology that has spawned a global social movement.The notion of a new currency, maintained by the computers of users around the world, has been the butt of many jokes, but that has not stopped it from growing into a technology worth billions of dollars, supported by the hordes of followers who have come to view it as the most important new idea since the creation of the Internet. Believers from Beijing to Buenos Aires see the potential for a financial system free from banks and governments. More than just a tech industry fad, Bitcoin has threatened to decentralize some of society’s most basic institutions.An unusual tale of group invention, Digital Gold charts the rise of the Bitcoin technology through the eyes of the movement’s colorful central characters, including an Argentinian millionaire, a Chinese entrepreneur, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, and Bitcoin’s elusive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Already, Bitcoin has led to untold riches for some, and prison terms for others.

About Nathaniel Popper

Nathaniel Popper covered the intersection of finance and technology for the New York Times. He is the author of Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money. Before joining the Times, he worked at the Los Angeles Times and the Forward. Nathaniel grew up in Pittsburgh and is a graduate of Harvard College. He lives in Oakland with his family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mal on April 06, 2017

If you’ve ever thought much about money, you may have wondered what gives it its value, especially if you’re aware that Richard Nixon took the dollar off the Gold Standard more than forty years ago. And if you’re at all involved in the world of finance and investment, you know perfectly well that ve......more

Goodreads review by TS on February 02, 2018

I picked up this book after seeking recommendations on what to read to gain a better understanding of bitcoin and how it works. I didn't expect it to be a blow-by-blow account and history on the invention of bitcoin by the still mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto and the numerous personalities (and quite a......more

Goodreads review by Atila on August 15, 2017

Uma ótima introdução à história da bitcoin. Popper dá uma timeline bem detalhada de 2008 a 2014, recapitulando um pouco das tentativas anteriores de criação de moedas, passando pelo artigo de Satoshi, os primeiros usuários de bitcoin e todo o processo de adoção dela. Em especial, gostei muito da des......more

Goodreads review by George on October 01, 2017

"Digital Gold" by Nathaniel Popper is a excellent introduction to the development of Bitcoin and digital currencies up to the year 2015. And it is a fun story to read with a number of interesting people. This book would make a great movie! I recommend this book to anyone who would like a good intro......more

Goodreads review by Murtaza on February 23, 2021

A journalistic account of the early days of Bitcoin which is very light on technical analysis of the currency and its sociological implications but effectively conveys the Wild West atmosphere that reigned during its earliest years. Having read a few such accounts now there was not much in here that......more

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