Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains

by Quinn DuPont

From their shadowy origins in Bitcoin to their use by multinational corporations, cryptocurrencies and blockchains are remaking the rules of digital media and society. Meanwhile, regulators, governments, and the public are trying to make sense of it all.

In this accessible book, Quinn DuPont guides readers through the changing face of money to show how blockchain technology underpins new forms of value exchange and social coordination. He...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509520236
• ISBN13: 9781509520237
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.4"