The Internet of Money, Volume 3
About this book
While many guides explain the how of Bitcoin, the Internet of Money series delves into the why of Bitcoin. Following the worldwide success of Volume One and Volume Two, this third installment contains 12 of Andreas M. Antonopoulos' most inspiring and thought-provoking talks over the past two years, "Universal Access to Basic Finance" "Measuring Price or Principle" "Escaping the Global Banking Cartel" "Libre Not Libra" "Unstoppable The Difference Between Can't and Won't" Around the world, governments and corporations are increasingly pursuing a reconstruction of money as a system of control and surveillance machine. Despite the emergence of an interconnected global society and economy through the decades-long expansion of the internet, the trajectory of these bureaucratic policies foreshadows dire consequences for financial inclusion and independence.Andreas contextualizes the significance of Bitcoin and open blockchains amid these sociopolitical and economic What if money could be created without an authority? Are corporate coins the first step toward techno neo-feudalism? Is the real dark net run by state intelligence agencies? What if everyone could have a Swiss bank in their pocket? Can we build digital communities resistant to gentrification?In 2013, Andreas M. Antonopoulos started publicly speaking about Bitcoin and quickly became one of the world's most sought-after speakers in the industry. He has delivered dozens of unique TED-style talks in venues ranging from the Henry Ford Museum to booked-out meetups in the Czech Republic and Argentina.In 2014, Antonopoulos authored the groundbreaking Mastering Bitcoin, widely considered to be the best technical guide ever written about the technology. On September 7, 2016, Andreas launched his second book, The Internet of Money, Volume One, on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast (the interview has since been viewed more than 300,000 times).The Internet of Money offered something that was desperately an explanation of the philosophy, economics, politics, and poetics behind this technology.Make this audiobook part of your collection and see why the internet of money will continue to transform the world and the internet itself.