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100	1		_aPopper, Nathaniel. _eauthor
245	1	0	_aDigital gold : _bBitcoin and the inside story of the misfits and millionaires trying to reinvent money / _cNathaniel Popper.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bHarper, _c2016.
300			_axv, 412 pages ; _c21 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_a'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 colourful 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.
650		0	_aBitcoin.
650		0	_aElectronic commerce.
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