Handbook of Digital Currency: Bitcoin, Innovation, Financial Instruments, and Big Data, Second Edition offers readers new ways to learn about subjects outside their specialties and provides authoritative background and tools for those whose primary source of information is journal articles. Encompassing currencies, payment methods, and computer communication protocols, digital currencies are growing in use and importance. The book's comprehensive view of the field covers history, technical, IT, finance, economics, legal, tax, and the regulatory environment. For those coming from different backgrounds with different questions in mind, this new edition is an essential starting point.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Bitcoin - p. 3 2. Chapter 2. Is Bitcoin a Real Currency? An Economic Appraisal - p. 29 3. Chapter 3. Bitcoin Mining Technology - p. 41 4. Chapter 4. National Cryptocurrencies - p. 65 5. Chapter 5. Evaluating the Potential of Alternative Cryptocurrencies - p. 79 6. Chapter 6. The Effect of Payment Reversibility on E-Commerce and Postal Quality - p. 133 7. Chapter 7. Blockchain and Digital Payments: An Institutionalist Analysis of Cryptocurrencies - p. 147 8. Chapter 8. Counterfeiting in Cryptocurrency: An Emerging Problem - p. 169 9. Chapter 9. Emergence, Growth, and Sustainability of Bitcoin: The Network Economics Perspective - p. 185 10. Chapter 10. Cryptocurrencies as Distributed Community Experiments - p. 195 11. Chapter 11. Extracting Market-Implied Bitcoin's Risk-Free Interest Rate - p. 219 12. Chapter 12. A Microeconomic Analysis of Bitcoin and Illegal Activities - p. 227 13. Chapter 13. Legal Issues in Cryptocurrency - p. 245 14. Chapter 14. Cryptocurrency and Virtual Currency: Corruption and Money Laundering/Terrorism Financing Risks? - p. 259 15. Chapter 15. A Light Touch of Regulation for Virtual Currencies - p. 291 16. Chapter 16. Real Regulation of Virtual Currencies - p. 309 17. Chapter 17. A Facilitative Model for Cryptocurrency Regulation in Singapore - p. 341 18. Chapter 18. Advancingz Egalitarianism - p. 363 19. Chapter 19. How Digital Currencies Will Cascade up to a Global Stable Currency: The Fundamental Framework for the Money of the Future - p. 381 20. Chapter 20. Bitcoin-Like Protocols and Innovations - p. 397 21. Chapter 21. Blockchain Electronic Vote - p. 437 22. Chapter 22. Translating Commons-Based Peer Production Values Into Metrics: Toward Commons-Based Cryptocurrencies - p. 445 23. Chapter 23. The Confluence of Bitcoin and the Global Sharing Economy - p. 467 24. Chapter 24. What Does Cryptocurrency Mean for the New Economy? - p. 487 25. Bitcoin: A Look at the Past and the Future - p. 501 26. Chapter 26. Bitcoin Initial Public Offering, Exchange-Traded Fund, and Crowdfunding - p. 509 27. Chapter 27. Bitcoin Exchanges - p. 537 28. Understanding the Evolution of the Internet: Web 1.0 to Web3.0, Web3, and Web 3+ - p. 553 29. Chapter 29. Historical Experience of Money and Future Expectations on Digital Money, Cross-border Payments, and the International Monetary System - p. 583 30. Chapter 30. Introduction to Central Bank Digital Currency and Key Considerations - p. 605 31. Chapter 31. Tokenization and Enterprise Blockchain - p. 617 32. Chapter 32. Stablecoins - p. 647 33. Index - p. 677
Handbook of Digital Currency: Bitcoin, Innovation, Financial Instruments, and Big Data, Second Edition offers readers new ways to learn about subjects outside their specialties and provides authoritative background and tools for those whose primary source of information is journal articles. Encompassing currencies, payment methods, and computer communication protocols, digital currencies are growing in use and importance. The book's comprehensive view of the field covers history, technical, IT, finance, economics, legal, tax, and the regulatory environment. For those coming from different backgrounds with different questions in mind, this new edition is an essential starting point.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Bitcoin - p. 3 2. Chapter 2. Is Bitcoin a Real Currency? An Economic Appraisal - p. 29 3. Chapter 3. Bitcoin Mining Technology - p. 41 4. Chapter 4. National Cryptocurrencies - p. 65 5. Chapter 5. Evaluating the Potential of Alternative Cryptocurrencies - p. 79 6. Chapter 6. The Effect of Payment Reversibility on E-Commerce and Postal Quality - p. 133 7. Chapter 7. Blockchain and Digital Payments: An Institutionalist Analysis of Cryptocurrencies - p. 147 8. Chapter 8. Counterfeiting in Cryptocurrency: An Emerging Problem - p. 169 9. Chapter 9. Emergence, Growth, and Sustainability of Bitcoin: The Network Economics Perspective - p. 185 10. Chapter 10. Cryptocurrencies as Distributed Community Experiments - p. 195 11. Chapter 11. Extracting Market-Implied Bitcoin's Risk-Free Interest Rate - p. 219 12. Chapter 12. A Microeconomic Analysis of Bitcoin and Illegal Activities - p. 227 13. Chapter 13. Legal Issues in Cryptocurrency - p. 245 14. Chapter 14. Cryptocurrency and Virtual Currency: Corruption and Money Laundering/Terrorism Financing Risks? - p. 259 15. Chapter 15. A Light Touch of Regulation for Virtual Currencies - p. 291 16. Chapter 16. Real Regulation of Virtual Currencies - p. 309 17. Chapter 17. A Facilitative Model for Cryptocurrency Regulation in Singapore - p. 341 18. Chapter 18. Advancingz Egalitarianism - p. 363 19. Chapter 19. How Digital Currencies Will Cascade up to a Global Stable Currency: The Fundamental Framework for the Money of the Future - p. 381 20. Chapter 20. Bitcoin-Like Protocols and Innovations - p. 397 21. Chapter 21. Blockchain Electronic Vote - p. 437 22. Chapter 22. Translating Commons-Based Peer Production Values Into Metrics: Toward Commons-Based Cryptocurrencies - p. 445 23. Chapter 23. The Confluence of Bitcoin and the Global Sharing Economy - p. 467 24. Chapter 24. What Does Cryptocurrency Mean for the New Economy? - p. 487 25. Bitcoin: A Look at the Past and the Future - p. 501 26. Chapter 26. Bitcoin Initial Public Offering, Exchange-Traded Fund, and Crowdfunding - p. 509 27. Chapter 27. Bitcoin Exchanges - p. 537 28. Understanding the Evolution of the Internet: Web 1.0 to Web3.0, Web3, and Web 3+ - p. 553 29. Chapter 29. Historical Experience of Money and Future Expectations on Digital Money, Cross-border Payments, and the International Monetary System - p. 583 30. Chapter 30. Introduction to Central Bank Digital Currency and Key Considerations - p. 605 31. Chapter 31. Tokenization and Enterprise Blockchain - p. 617 32. Chapter 32. Stablecoins - p. 647 33. Index - p. 677
