Bitcoin and Its Emerging Market Structure
Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
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Bitcoin, invented by a mysterious figure, Satoshi Nakomoto, whose true identity is the subject of many a conspiracy theory, experienced even more of a rollercoaster ride than gold in 2011, soaring in value from less than $1 a bitcoin to almost $30, before plunging below $5. Many thought that this apparent bursting of a bitcoin bubble would put an e
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within the context of the global economy bitcoin is a pipsqueak.
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But all the money that had piled up in Mt. Gox and MyBitcoin suggested that even among the small group who had chosen to buy Bitcoin, many people were not actually interested in having total control over their own money.
Nathaniel Popper • Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
Despite its gravitational pull, the story behind decentralization and the rise of crypto was just one island in the new internet archipelago.