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The End of Money
- The Story of Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies and the Blockchain Revolution
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
The End of Money is an essential introduction to cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution, which has been hailed as the greatest advancement since the invention of the Internet.
Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement. Money laundering. These might sound like plot lines of a thriller, but they are true stories from the short history of cryptocurrencies - digital currencies conceived by computer hackers and cryptographers that represent a completely new sort of financial transaction that could soon become mainstream.
The most famous - or infamous - cryptocurrency is bitcoin. But look beyond its tarnished reputation and something much shinier emerges. The technology that underlies bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies - the blockchain - is hailed as the greatest advancement since the invention of the Internet. It is now moving away from being the backbone for a digital currency and making inroads into other core concepts of society: identity, ownership and even the rule of law.
The End of Money is your essential introduction to this transformative new technology that has governments, entrepreneurs and forward-thinking people from all walks of life sitting up and taking notice.
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- Jessica Howard
- 16-10-17
Fantastic educational audiobook.
A great introduction to bitcoin, ether etc. fully recommend. The language is not overly techy and always on message.
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- Ben
- 22-09-17
Great overview of cryptos and the blockchain
Very informative a great way to frame all the hype and speculation around this space.
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- James Kehoe
- 07-09-17
Perfect level of detail in a great narrative
It's rare to get an "Intro" book that actually goes just deep enough, and yet remain engaging and intelligible to the novice. Great read, have listened to it twice already.
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- SO
- 06-02-18
Very good
Excellent summary of the underlying technology and of money. Highly recommended. Anyone who wants to get involved in this new era of technology growth needs to read this book...or listen to it.
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- Mr. S. Kelly
- 17-08-17
Very interesting and simple enough to understand.
Well read and simple enough for me to understand it all. The historical components are great to put thing in a framework that is relevant. very good overall.
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- karol krupa
- 10-02-18
Amazing for general crypto information.
Great listening for crypto genesis amd also particulart parts like Blockchain, Transactions, Altcoins. Realy worth of listening, defo not waste of the money.
Will come back to listening with pleasure.
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- Paul Tansey
- 30-10-17
Informative, well written and educational
A great way to go from zero if not to hero, then at least to informed. Authoritative, balanced and well written, this is a really good first book on the subject for the curious.
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- Matt
- 10-04-18
The best crypto currency book
I have listened to a lot of cryptocurrency and blockchain audiobooks, this one by far covers the greatest amount of understanding and knowledge
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- Anonymous User
- 17-08-17
Great introduction to the cryptocurrency space
Written in 2017. Timely for mid 2017. But has a shelf life of months as the cryptocurrency space evolves. By the time I read this SegWit had just been implemented on BitCoin.
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- lawrence
- 27-07-17
A well-written introduction to cryptocurrencies
If you could sum up The End of Money in three words, what would they be?
interesting; up-to-date; non-technical
Have you listened to any of Mark Elstob’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Mark Elstob does a fine job reading; strangely enough for an English actor speaking RP, 'BBC' English he pronounces words beginning with `wh' with 'hw', i.e. with an initial 'h' sound...
Any additional comments?
It's a non-technical book. It doesn't go into the details of hashing or security.
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