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Book of Crypto: The Complete Guide to Understanding Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets 2022 ed. [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 458 pages, kõrgus x laius: 235x155 mm, kaal: 904 g, 118 Illustrations, color; 3 Illustrations, black and white, 1 Hardback
  • Ilmumisaeg: 06-May-2022
  • Kirjastus: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
  • ISBN-10: 3030979504
  • ISBN-13: 9783030979508
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 458 pages, kõrgus x laius: 235x155 mm, kaal: 904 g, 118 Illustrations, color; 3 Illustrations, black and white, 1 Hardback
  • Ilmumisaeg: 06-May-2022
  • Kirjastus: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
  • ISBN-10: 3030979504
  • ISBN-13: 9783030979508
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This book provides a thorough overview of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and digital assets and their impact on the future of money and finance. It provides a 360-degree practical, concise, and engaging overview of all the topics that one interested about digital assets needs to know including how Bitcoin and Ethereum work, an overview of the most important digital assets in the market, and deep dives into the various types of digital assets including cryptocurrencies, stable coins, CBDCs, utility tokens, security tokens, NFTs, and many others. The book also covers all the essentials including DeFi, crypto mining, crypto regulations, crypto investors, crypto exchanges, and other ecosystem players as well as some of the latest global crypto trends from Web 3.0 and the Metaverse to DAOs and quantum computing.





Written by a leading industry expert and thought leader who advises some of the leading organisations in the digital assets space globally, this book is ideal foranyone looking to acquire a solid foundational knowledge base of this fast-growing field and understand its potential impact on the future of money.
1 The History of Money
1(44)
1 The Importance of Money and Bartering
1(3)
2 Primitive Forms of Money
4(6)
3 The Impact of Money on the Development of Civilisations
10(2)
4 The Invention of Coinage
12(3)
4.1 China
12(1)
4.2 Lydia
13(2)
5 The Transformative Impact of Money
15(4)
5.1 Greece
15(2)
5.2 Rome
17(2)
6 Faith and Money
19(4)
6.1 Buddhism
19(1)
6.2 Islam
19(1)
6.3 Christianity
20(3)
7 The Italian Bankers and the Renaissance
23(2)
8 China and the Rise of Paper Money
25(2)
9 Portugal, Spain and the Age of Discoveries
27(1)
10 The Dutch Innovations
28(1)
11 The British and the Bank of England
29(2)
12 The American Colonies and Paper Banknotes
31(3)
13 The Return of the Gold Standard
34(3)
14 Leaving the Gold Standard and the Financial Crisis
37(1)
15 The Bitcoin Whitepaper
38(7)
2 Bitcoin
45(46)
1 The Basics of Cryptography and Encryption
45(4)
1.1 Early Encryption Techniques
45(1)
1.2 Asymmetric or Public Key Cryptography
46(1)
1.3 Early Experiments with Cryptocurrencies
47(2)
2 The Bitcoin Whitepaper
49(9)
2.1 The Role of Cryptography in Bitcoin
49(2)
2.2 The Role of Decentralisation in Bitcoin
51(2)
2.3 The Role of Immutability in Bitcoin
53(1)
2.4 The Role of Proof-of-Work in Bitcoin
54(4)
3 The Growth of Bitcoin
58(12)
4 Retail Adoption of Bitcoin
70(5)
5 Bitcoin as Legal Tender?
75(4)
6 Bitcoin as Company Treasury
79(2)
7 Challenges Facing Bitcoin
81(2)
8 The Bitcoin Lightning Network
83(5)
9 Proof-of-Stake
88(3)
3 Ethereum
91(8)
1 History of Ethereum
91(1)
2 How Is Ethereum Different?
92(5)
2.1 What Is the Concept of "Gas" on the Ethereum Blockchain?
94(3)
3 What Is Ethereum 2.0?
97(2)
4 The Emergence of New Blockchains and Crypto-Assets
99(22)
1 Examples of Cryptocurrencies and Tokens
101(20)
1.1 Algorand (ALGO)
101(1)
1.2 Avalanche (AVAX)
102(1)
1.3 Binance Coin (BNB)
102(1)
1.4 Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
103(1)
1.5 Bitcoin SV (BSV)
104(1)
1.6 Cardano (ADA)
104(1)
1.7 Chainlink (LINK)
105(1)
1.8 DASH (DASH)
105(1)
1.9 Dogecoin (DOGE)
106(1)
1.10 Eos
107(1)
1.11 Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR)
108(1)
1.12 IOTA (IOTA)
109(1)
1.13 Litecoin (LTC)
109(1)
1.14 Monero (XMR)
110(1)
1.15 Polkadot (DOT)
110(1)
1.16 Polygon (MATIC)
111(1)
1.17 Ripple (XRP)
111(2)
1.18 Shiba Inu (SHIB)
113(1)
1.19 Solana(SOL)
114(2)
1.20 Stellar (XLM)
116(1)
1.21 Tezos(XTZ)
116(1)
1.22 Tron(TRX)
117(1)
1.23 Vechain(VET)
118(1)
1.24 ZCash(ZEC)
118(3)
5 The Technology Behind Bitcoin: Blockchain
121(12)
1 Denning the Characteristics of a Blockchain
121(2)
2 Differences Between Private and Public Blockchains
123(2)
3 Challenges of Blockchain
125(3)
4 Use Cases of Blockchain
128(5)
6 Cryptocurrencies
133(16)
1 Fungible and Non-fungible Tokens
135(2)
2 Payment Tokens
137(2)
3 Cryptocurrencies
139(10)
3.1 Decentralised Cryptocurrencies
140(1)
3.2 Centralised Cryptocurrencies
141(1)
3.3 Privacy Coins
142(7)
7 Stablecoins
149(22)
1 Fiat-Collateralised Stablecoins
152(5)
1.1 Regulated Fiat Stablecoins
153(2)
1.2 Non-regulated Fiat Stablecoins
155(2)
2 Crypto-Collateralised Stablecoins
157(3)
3 Non-collateralised Stablecoins
160(3)
4 Facebook's Libra (Meta's Diem)
163(8)
4.1 Libra 1.0
164(2)
4.2 Libra 2.0
166(4)
4.3 Diem
170(1)
8 Central Bank Digital Currencies
171(14)
1 Benefits for Central Banks
174(3)
2 History and Catalysts for CBDCs
177(8)
9 Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currencies
185(18)
1 National Model
185(3)
2 Cross-Border (Corridor Model)
188(7)
3 Cross-Border (Multi-CBDC) Model
195(8)
3.1 Compatible CBDC Systems
195(2)
3.2 Interlinked CBDC Systems
197(1)
3.3 Single mCBDC Multi-Currency System
198(5)
10 Retail Central Bank Digital Currencies
203(30)
1 Token-Based Issuance
206(4)
2 Account-Based
210(1)
3 Forms of Retail CBDC
211(22)
3.1 Decentralised Approach
213(3)
3.2 Direct Approach
216(1)
3.3 Synthetic Approach
216(2)
3.4 Two-Tier/intermediated Approach
218(5)
3.5 Platform Approach
223(10)
11 Utility Tokens and Social Tokens
233(8)
1 Utility Tokens
233(1)
2 When Is a Token a Security?
234(5)
3 Social Tokens
239(2)
12 Security Tokens
241(8)
1 What Is Tokenisation?
241(2)
2 Tokenisation of New Investment Instruments
243(2)
3 Tokenisation of Pre-existing Investment Instruments
245(4)
13 Non-Fungible Tokens
249(10)
1 Non-Fungible Tradable Tokens
249(8)
2 Non-Tradable and Non-Fungible NFTs
257(2)
14 Bitcoin and Crypto Mining
259(18)
1 The Evolution of Bitcoin and Crypto Mining
259(3)
2 What Are Mining Pools?
262(1)
3 The Environmental Impact Debate
263(10)
4 Where Does Mining Take Place?
273(4)
15 Crypto-Asset Creation and Distribution
277(14)
1 Initial Coin Offerings
277(6)
2 Initial Exchange Offerings
283(1)
3 Security Token Offerings
284(1)
4 Hard and Soft Forks
285(2)
5 Airdrops
287(1)
6 Liquidity Mining/Yield Farming
288(3)
16 Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
291(24)
1 What Is DeFi?
291(2)
2 Can DeFi Be Regulated?
293(3)
3 DeFi Stablecoins
296(2)
4 DeFi Borrowing and Lending
298(2)
5 What Are Flash Loans?
300(1)
6 DeFi Exchanges
301(2)
7 What Are Automated Market Makers (AMM)?
303(5)
7.1 What is Total Value Locked (TVL)?
306(1)
7.2 What Is Impermanent Loss When Referring to Decentralised Exchanges?
306(2)
8 DeFi Synthetic Assets
308(1)
9 DeFi Insurance
309(1)
10 Aggregators
310(1)
11 Benefits and Challenges of DeFi
311(4)
17 Crypto Regulations and Compliance
315(20)
1 Different Approaches to Crypto Regulations
316(3)
1.1 A Positive Disposition to Crypto-Assets
316(1)
1.2 A Neutral Approach to Crypto-Assets
317(1)
1.3 A Negative Approach to Crypto-Assets
317(1)
1.4 The Future of Crypto-Asset Regulation
318(1)
2 Different Approaches to Crypto Tax
319(2)
3 Crypto and Illicit Activities
321(4)
4 Crypto Compliance
325(10)
18 Crypto Exchanges
335(16)
1 Centralised Crypto-Asset Exchanges
335(9)
1.1 Fiat-to-Crypto Exchanges
337(3)
1.2 Crypto-to-Crypto Exchanges
340(1)
1.3 Crypto Derivative Exchanges
341(3)
2 Decentralised Crypto-Asset Exchanges
344(2)
3 Cybersecurity and Hacking Considerations
346(5)
3.1 Inherent Risks with Crypto-Assets
346(1)
3.2 Centralised Crypto Exchange Hacks
347(1)
3.3 Decentralised Crypto Exchange Hacks
348(3)
19 Crypto Funds
351(12)
1 Active Crypto Funds
353(5)
2 Passive Crypto Funds
358(2)
3 Crypto ETFs
360(1)
4 Venture Capital Crypto Funds
361(1)
5 Tokenised Funds
362(1)
20 Crypto Ecosystem Enablers
363(18)
1 Traditional Financial Institutions
363(2)
2 Crypto-Focused Banks
365(1)
3 Crypto Borrowing and Lending Platforms
366(3)
4 Institutional Investors
369(5)
5 Crypto-Asset Custodians and Wallets
374(3)
5.1 Third-Party Crypto Custodians
376(1)
5.2 Self-Custody
377(1)
6 Large Tech Firms
377(1)
7 Service Providers
378(1)
8 Crypto Media Ecosystem
379(2)
21 Future Trends to Watch
381(14)
1 Web 3.0
381(2)
2 The Metaverse
383(1)
3 Quantum Computing
384(5)
4 Zero-Knowledge Roll-Ups
389(2)
5 Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAO)
391(4)
Conclusion 395(2)
Notes 397(52)
Index 449
Henri Arslanian is the former PwC Crypto Leader and Partner, the first Chairman of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Hong Kong where he teaches the first FinTech university course globally. A lawyer and banker by background, he has advised many of the worlds leading crypto platforms, investors, financial institutions and tech firms on their crypto initiatives as well numerous governments, regulators and central banks on crypto regulatory and policy matters. With over 500,000 LinkedIn followers, Henri is a TEDx and global keynote speaker, a best-selling and award-winning published author and is regularly featured in global media including Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and the Financial Times. He is also the host of the Crypto Capsules social media video series as well as The Future of Money podcast and newsletter.

LinkedIn named Henri as one of the global Top Voices in Economy & Finance and Onalytica ranked Henri as the #1 most influential individual on Finance globally on LinkedIn out of 50k+ individuals working at the top professional services and management consulting firms in the world. Chambers Global called Henri the highest profile FinTech consultant in Hong Kong, Blockchain Asset Review named him the Most Influential Crypto and Blockchain Thought Leader in Asia, and Asian Private Banker awarded him the FinTech Changemaker of the Year award. Henri is also the recipient of numerous others awards including the PwC Chairman Game Changer Award, the UBS CEO Award for Excellence, and the Governor General of Canada Gold Medal for Academic Excellence.