Description
| Product ID: | 9780008562793 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Proof of Stake |
| Subtitle: | The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains |
| Authors: | Author: Vitalik Buterin, Nathan Schneider |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Finance and the finance industry, Finance, Impact of science and technology on society, Popular science, Inventions and inventors, Distributed databases, Impact of science & technology on society, Popular science, Inventions & inventors, Distributed databases |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating At only nineteen years old Vitalik Buterinpublished a visionary paper outlining the ideas behindwhat would become Ethereum. He proposed to take whatBitcoin did for currency – to end the central control ofgovernments and corporations – and apply it to societyas a whole. Now, less than a decade later, Ethereumis the second-most-valuable cryptocurrency and hasopened the gates for the extraordinary new world ofNFT artworks, virtual real estate in the metaverse anddecentralised autonomous organisations.The essays in Proof of Stake reveal Buterin as a lively,creative thinker, relentlessly curious and adventurousin exploring the fascinating social, economic and politicalpossibilities of his invention, and will guide futuregenerations of Ethereum’s community of radicalsand builders. At only nineteen years old Vitalik Buterinpublished a visionary paper outlining the ideas behindwhat would become Ethereum. He proposed to take whatBitcoin did for currency – to end the central control ofgovernments and corporations – and apply it to societyas a whole. Now, less than a decade later, Ethereumis the second-most-valuable cryptocurrency and hasopened the gates for the extraordinary new world ofNFT artworks, virtual real estate in the metaverse anddecentralised autonomous organisations. The essays in Proof of Stake reveal Buterin as a lively,creative thinker, relentlessly curious and adventurousin exploring the fascinating social, economic and politicalpossibilities of his invention, and will guide futuregenerations of Ethereum’s community of radicalsand builders. |
| Imprint Name: | HarperCollins |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-29 |
