Digital Cash

<p><b>The fascinating untold story of digital cash and its creators--from experiments in the 1970s to the mania over Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies</b> <p/>Bitcoin may appear to be a revolutionary form of digital cash without precedent or prehistory. In fact it is only the best-known recent experiment in a long line of similar efforts going back to the 1970s. But the story behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and its blockchain technology has largely been untold--until now. In <i>Digital Cash</i> Finn Brunton reveals how technological utopians and political radicals created experimental money to bring about their visions of the future: to protect privacy bring down governments prepare for apocalypse or launch a civilization of innovation and abundance that would make its creators immortal. Filled with marvelous characters stories and ideas <i>Digital Cash</i> is an engaging and accessible account of the strange origins and remarkable technologies behind today's cryptocurrency explosion.</p>