Digital gold. Popper N.

Bitcoin is a peering payment system and financial technology that breaks many familiar ideas about money and their roles in society. The very thought of digital currency, which is not behind the powerful state or the central bank and the support of which is carried out jointly by all its users, puts on many. But this did not prevent Bitcoin from growing into a technological phenomenon with millions of supporters and capitalization of billions of dollars. His fans consider Bitcoin the most important invention of mankind, comparing it with the Internet on the potential of influence on society. This book tells an incredible story about how an idea, originally interesting only to a small group of enthusiasts, gradually attracted the attention of the whole world. A story in which the most unexpected characters play an important role: a Finnish student; Argentinean millionaire; Chinese entrepreneur; Creator Netscape; a failed physicist who has become an online narcopalon; Gemini-playboy who dried the head of Facebook; Sharks of venture capital; prosecutors and special agents; US senators and leaders of the largest world banks. Of course, the narrative could not bypass the mysterious founding of Bitcoin, who performed under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Is he really anonymous and elusive as it seems to the general public? Bitcoin enthusiasts around the world - from Beijing to Buenos Aires - believe in the ability of this completely peer financial system to become worldwide recognized money of the digital era. At least the rapid climbing of cryptocurrency technologies raises serious questions about what the money actually is, how they work now and how they have to change in order to meet the future needs of society.