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The Internet of Money

Written by: Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Narrated by: Stephanie Murphy
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While many books explain the how of bitcoin, The Internet of Money delves into the why of bitcoin. Acclaimed information-security expert and author of Mastering Bitcoin, Andreas M. Antonopoulos examines and contextualizes the significance of bitcoin through a series of essays spanning the exhilarating maturation of this technology.

Bitcoin, a technological breakthrough quietly introduced to the world in 2008, is transforming much more than finance. Bitcoin is disrupting antiquated industries to bring financial independence to billions worldwide. In this book, Andreas explains why bitcoin is a financial and technological evolution with potential far exceeding the label "digital currency."

Andreas goes beyond exploring the technical functioning of the bitcoin network by illuminating bitcoin's philosophical, social, and historical implications. As the Internet has essentially transformed how people around the world interact and has permanently impacted our lives in ways we never could have imagined, bitcoin - the Internet of money - is fundamentally changing our approach to solving social, political, and economic problems through decentralized technology.

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Great basic entry level Crypto currency book

This book require no technical knowledge. If your looking for how to explain bitcoin start here.

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Must read for all bitcoiners!

Whether you are a BTC investor or a developer, read this book! Don't be mislead by its "introductory" nature, thinking that you might already know that.
The book isn't about "how bitcoin works". It's about a new disruptive technology that will change the world and money as we know it.
You will learn about bitcoin as a new spin in the evolution of money and why it is so silly to deny its success and the future behind it.

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Very poor as an audiobook

I really wanted to listen to this book - but I had to stop. I returned it, even though I got it for next to nothing on sale. I bought it on Kindle instead, but here's why it is maddening to listen to:

- The chapters are incredibly short, with an annoying and disruptive break between even the most basic of ideas. We're talking 30 seconds to a minute, and then the next chapter is introduced. It makes it really tough to listen to and absorb the content.
- A female narrator was chosen to represent the author, even after the author spoke during the intro. I love female narrators - but in this specific case, it was jarring.

Save yourself the agony.

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Good intro to cryptocurrency

Interesting philosophy, well presented and performed. STRONGLY biased in favour of cryptocurrency. Strange to hear speeches presented by someone other than the presenter.

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Great listen

The speaker is great very smooth and easy to listen to and the content is amazing. Thank you for a very pleasant and educating experience!

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Helpful to understand bitcoin

This book was a collection of speeches/talks that the author did on the topic of bitcoin. I know very little about bitcoin so I'm pleased to report the author did a good job of explaining what bitcoin is (and not) and why it's important. While interesting, the collection of talks wasn't overly exciting. In some cases they were downright boring. As a result, I had to force myself to pay attention at various points. But eventually, I got it done and my knowledge about bitcoin has improved. Not enough to invest in the stuff mind you.

Not that this is a knock on the book, but when I listened to it, it was 2022. Most of the author's addresses are from 2014, so it was a bit dated. Nevertheless, my sense is the basics that he covers are still true today.

I got this one sale. For the price I paid, I'd say it was worth the value. If you had to pay full price, I might tell you to find another book on bitcoin.

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Excellent overview

Great boot for learning about Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Also on how it can be used for and by all walks of life.

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Fantastic way to start to under!

Gave me the nudge to learn and earn with confidence and a desire to continue to learn.

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What a Fantastic Book on Bitcoin

Antonopoulos is an OG in this space. He not only provides an explanation about what Bitcoin is, but the potential it has to become so much more than "just" a currency.

A must read for anyone learning about Bitcoin.

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great great book to listen to, very informative

the weight this book is written or rather spoken, this in bite-sized chapters. none of them exceed more than a few minutes which helps not to lose your train of thoughts as the conversations can sometimes get loaded with new information. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and suggested to anybody who wants to get more information on bitcoin how it shines and its benefits versus Legacy Financial system

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  • Andrew
  • 2018-03-23

Very Disappointing

The book was very disappointing because it was not technical at all. Also, he kept using way too many examples to over-explain easy concepts. Hearing the word Bitcoin over and over again also tends to get annoying. All of the useful info in here could have been condensed to a 30 minute video, instead of a 5 hour audiobook.

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  • Shah Alam
  • 2017-12-08

Needs Re-editing

Repetition is bad enough but having to pay for listening to repetition makes it worse.

This also happens to be the first book where I had to hear the chapter and para-numbers being narrated as “Chapter two-dot-four-dot-three”.

The theme is fine and the message that the crypto-currencies are the future with a huge potential could well be conveyed in less than an hour.

This book needs thorough re-editing.

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  • Chad
  • 2017-11-30

Disjointed mishmash

Any additional comments?

What's the lazy way to create a book? Take recordings of various largely impromptu talks you give and slap them together into a disjointed mishmash. Some interesting ideas, but seriously, put in the effort to make an actual cohesive book.

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  • A0A2 95AB DC34 69C9
  • 2017-05-21

Good rough summary of Bitcoin capabilities

The book is a good rough introduction to Bitcoin without getting bogged down in details of exactly how transactions and blocks work. There is educated speculation about the possible future implications of peer-to-peer cryptocurrencies (such as Bitcoin). I would recommend this to someone who is curious but not necessarily familiar with information technology. For those familiar with Bitcoin already this book is a nice refresher and reminder about what the protocol is capable of and what it's future political implications may be.

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  • James Carnley
  • 2019-03-19

The world's best book on understanding crypto

Andreas Antonopoulos has a gift of explaining complex topics in a way that everyone can easily understand and expand upon. Cryptocurrency is going to be one of the most fundamental technologies of our entire society and it's worth finding out why. When I listened to this there were a few times where a sentence immediately repeated itself in the audio which was annoying but didn't distract too much from the experience.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2019-02-26

This was an amazing book that really clarifies.

There's a lot of confusion around bit Queen as its completely different paradigm of interaction. This book lays out the fundamentals in contacts with what's going on today. A must read, timeless.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2018-09-27

Informative and Life-Changing

If you're going to read any book this year, this is the book. If you don't understand the concept of a blockchain and or cryptocurrency, this is the first book you should read. And, if you have a friend who doesn't understand the concept of cryptocurrency, forward this book to your friend for Christmas.

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  • Wayne Hunsucker
  • 2018-10-11

Intense and Surprising

I don't know how many times I hit replay so I could hear again what he just said. The book is riveting and very difficult to understand. It turns out that what I thought Bitcoin was, isn't. When I accepted that we aren't talking about a coin; that I don't have a wallet but a keychain; that's when I began to see the sheer brilliance of it all.

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  • KRPOne
  • 2022-05-03

Excellent Bitcoin Primer

Thought it was a great overview of Andreas’s ideas, talks, and deeper shifts needed to understand a very new a revolutionary technology and network.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2022-03-15

PERFECT READ TO LEARN WHY BITCOIN IS LIFE CHANGING!!

This book did an excellent job elaborating on the impact of this TECHNOLOGY and leveraging historical examples of change to prove this impact. Great read!

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2017-10-08

Les bases ontologiques.

Rien de technique, simplement une bonne introduction au contexte qui rend le Bitcoin si important.

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