TY - BOOK AU - Frisby, Dominic TI - Bitcoin: The Future of Money? SN - 9781783520770 U1 - 332.40 PY - 0000///012014/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Cornerstone KW - Online finance & investing KW - Personal finance KW - Impact of science & technology on society KW - Popular economics N2 - Following the economic crisis of 2008 a website was registered by a computer programmer called Satoshi Nakamoto - bitcoin.org. A new form of money was born: electronic cash. Does Bitcoin have the potential to change how the world transacts financially? Does Bitcoin have the potential to change the world? Is it just a passing fad or is it a major scam? Dominic's new book explains what it is, how it came about and features interviews with some of the key players in Bitcoin's development and examines some of the mysteries behind Bitcoin. Frisby considers the potential economic, political and social implications of this new currency and tells it in an engaging style that reads like a thriller ER -