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Cryptocurrencies and blockchains / Quinn DuPont.

By: DuPont, QuinnMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge: Polity Press, 2019Description: vii, 240 pages : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9781509520244Subject(s): Bitcoin | Electronic funds transfers | Blockchains (Databases) | Digital media | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media StudiesDDC classification: 332.178
Contents:
Bitcoin Blockchains (Databases) Chaînes de blocs Digital media Electronic funds transfers Médias numériques SOCIAL SCIENCE Media Studies Social Science Media Studies Transferts électroniques de fonds
Summary: "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 and shows how blockchain technology powers new forms of value exchange and social coordination. The reader will learn about cryptocurrency and blockchain developers and users, investment opportunities and risks, changes to politics and law, social and industrial applications, and what this all means for the new economy. Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains dispenses with hype and offers sober reflection on this crucial and timely topic. It is essential reading for students and scholars of culture, politics, media, and the economy, as well as anyone who wants to understand, take part in, or change the future of work and society"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bitcoin
Blockchains (Databases)
Chaînes de blocs
Digital media
Electronic funds transfers
Médias numériques
SOCIAL SCIENCE Media Studies
Social Science Media Studies
Transferts électroniques de fonds

"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 and shows how blockchain technology powers new forms of value exchange and social coordination. The reader will learn about cryptocurrency and blockchain developers and users, investment opportunities and risks, changes to politics and law, social and industrial applications, and what this all means for the new economy. Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains dispenses with hype and offers sober reflection on this crucial and timely topic. It is essential reading for students and scholars of culture, politics, media, and the economy, as well as anyone who wants to understand, take part in, or change the future of work and society"--

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