A Book Review Of “Bitcoin Is Venice”
“Bitcoin is Venice” is a masterful book that conveys economic ideals and bitcoin in imaginative and easily digested ways.This article aims to summarize Allen Farrington’s triptych on Bitcoin (Wittgenstein Money – Capital Strip Mine – Bitcoin is Venice), upon which the book “Bitcoin is Venice,” published by Bitcoin Magazine and written by Farrington and Sacha Mayers, is based. Please note that this summary will likely not do justice to the amazing piece that is “Bitcoin is Venice.”H.L. Mencken said of Henry Hazlitt that he was “one the few economists in history who could really write.” I am....
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A book called “Blockchain Revolution” about the workings and potential benefits of bitcoin and blockchain technology gained an extensive, though somewhat skeptical review in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal editorial page. The father and son team of Don and Alex Tapscott wrote the book. The book review, titled “Bitcoin Is Just The Beginning” by reviewer Philip Delves Broughton, states at the outset that the book implies that the world should be cheering the emergence of blockchains. After summarizing the workings of both blockchains and bitcoin, the reviewer notes that bitcoin is only one....
Source: Random House. In a dramatic move, New Zealand banned its first book in decades on Monday. The award-winning teen novel, Into The River, won the New Zealand Post children's book of the year in 2013 and includes portrayals of sex and bullying. Auckland-based author Ted Dawe did not see the ban coming. "It's extraordinary," Dawe told the New Zealand Herald. "I've had quite a few emails from people who share that sense of outrage. Do we live in a country where books get banned? I'll get burnt next." In the book, a Maori boy wins a scholarship to an exclusive Auckland boarding school....
Earlier this year, Phil Champagne released a book called the Book of Satoshi. Phil is the managing director of Wren Investment Group and has a background in computer software and electrical engineering. The Book of Satoshi presents the most relevant discussions in which the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, participated. The beginning chapters introduce the idea of Bitcoin and mining, how and why it works, and a brief introduction to cryptographic concepts behind it. All of the terms necessary to understand the majority of the book are clarified in these chapters. After the informative....
In Nik Bhatia’s new book, “Layered Money,” the author offers a framework for understanding Bitcoin’s future as the world reserve currency. The post Review: “Layered Money” By Nik Bhatia appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
Visitors to the Bitcoin Center Buenos Aires, home of Bitcoin Argentina and several bitcoin startups, are reminded of the dramatic saga of bitcoin’s elusive founder Satoshi Nakamoto when they get a glimpse of a comic book on display titled: “BITCOIN The Hunt For Satoshi Nakamoto.” But in addition to drawing attention to one of bitcoin’s greatest mysteries, the comic book has its own story beyond the one told in its pages. The comic book, written by Josep Busquet and Alex Preukschat with graphics by Jose Angel Ares Garcia, was announced at the Coin Summit in London in 2014. The story covers....