{"product_id":"the-cryptopians-idealism-greed-lies-and-the-making-of-the-first-big-cryptocurrency-craze","title":"The Cryptopians : Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze","description":"\u003cp\u003e496 pages | Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eThe story of the idealists, technologists, and opportunists fighting to bring cryptocurrency to the masses.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eIn their short history, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have gone through booms, busts, and internecine wars, recently reaching a market valuation of more than $2 trillion. The central promise of crypto endures—vast fortunes made from decentralized networks not controlled by any single entity and not yet regulated by many governments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eThe recent growth of crypto would have been all but impossible if not for a brilliant young man named Vitalik Buterin and his creation: Ethereum. In this book, Laura Shin takes readers inside the founding of this novel cryptocurrency network, which enabled users to launch their own new coins, thus creating a new crypto fever. She introduces readers to larger-than-life characters like Buterin, the Web3 wunderkind; his short-lived CEO, Charles Hoskinson; and Joe Lubin, a former Goldman Sachs VP who became one of crypto’s most well-known billionaires. Sparks fly as these outsized personalities fight for their piece of a seemingly limitless new business opportunity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eThis fascinating book shows the crypto market for what it really is: a deeply personal struggle to influence the coming revolution in money, culture, and power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HACHETTE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44459331649673,"sku":"9781541763012","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0376\/3057\/4729\/files\/9781541763012_4df65.jpg?v=1757071387","url":"https:\/\/thebookmarkpr.com\/products\/the-cryptopians-idealism-greed-lies-and-the-making-of-the-first-big-cryptocurrency-craze","provider":"The Bookmark Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}