So What’s the Deal With Bitcoins? A Review of Digital Gold
Title: Digital Gold Author: Nathaniel Popper
Source: from publisher for review
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Summary: Like all my favorite narrative nonfiction, this book told a great story about fascinating people while teaching me something new.
If you’re like me before reading this book, you’ve heard of the digital money called Bitcoin only when it’s gotten negative press. Honestly, after hearing about many people losing the money they’d invested in Bitcoins, I thought this experiment was dead. I was still fascinated to learn about it though and especially about the people behind Bitcoin. As the subtitle indicates, this group included a wide variety of people, from millionaires to social revolutionaries, from hackers to drug dealers. Like most narrative nonfiction I love, it was the way the author told these people’s stories that made this a great read for me. Read more »
