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"When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer...
6) Blockchain
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John Wiley & Sons
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[2023]
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English
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A guide to blockchain technologies explains blockchain basics, smart contracts, and cryptocurrencies, with real-world examples showing how blockchains function and where they add value.
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"An insightful look at how Amazon really works and how its founder and CEO makes it happen. Amazon's business model is deceptively simple: make online shopping so easy and convenient that customers won't think twice. It can almost be summed up by the button on every page: Buy now with one click. Why has Amazon been so successful? Much of it has to do with Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder, whose unique combination of character traits and business strategy...
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[2018]
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English
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"Bitcoin is the digital age's novel, decentralized, and automated solution to the problem of money: accessible worldwide, controlled by nobody. Can this young upstart money challenge the global monetary order? Economist Saifedean Ammous traces the history of the technologies of money to seashells, limestones, cattle, salt, beads, metals, and government debt, explaining what gave these technologies their monetary role, what makes for sound money, and...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP are gaining popularity, and this trusted guide can help you strike while the iron is hot to profit from the explosive growth in cryptocurrency. We'll help you understand decentralized currency, get started with leading crypto exchanges and brokers, learn techniques to buy and sell, and strategize your crypto portfolio. You'll even dig into the details on cryptocurrency tax laws and new opportunities...
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McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"What would Jeff do?" Since leaving Amazon to advise start-ups and corporations, John Rossman has been asked this question countless times by executives who want to know "the secret" behind Amazon's historic success. In this step-by-step guide, he provides 50 ½ answers drawn from his experience as an Amazon executive-and shows today's business leaders how to think like Amazon, strategize like Bezos, and beat the competition like nobody's business.Along...
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McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Set up and manage a high-performance, accessible, and secure Blockchain framework. This comprehensive guide delivers hands-on coverage of the development, validation, and deployment of Blockchain technology. Written by a pair of computing experts, the book demonstrates each topic through a start-to-finish Blockchain evolution. You will get full details on AWS risk and compliance as well as programming and architectural best practices. Blockchain:...
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Business Plus
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©2013.
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English
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As Alexis Ohanian learned when he helped to co-found the immensely popular reddit.com, the internet is the most powerful and democratic tool for disseminating information in human history. And when that power is harnessed to create new communities, technologies, businesses or charities, the results can be absolutely stunning. In this book, Alexis will share his ideas, tips and even his own doodles about harnessing the power of the web for good, and...
15) Ethereum projects for beginners: build blockchain-based cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, and DApps
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Packt Publishing
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2018.
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English
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English
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"In Amazon Unbound, Brad Stone presents a deeply reported, vividly drawn portrait of how a retail upstart became one of the most powerful and feared entities in the global economy. Stone also probes the evolution of Bezos himself—who started as a geeky technologist totally devoted to building Amazon, but who transformed to become a fit, disciplined billionaire with global ambitions; who ruled Amazon with an iron fist, even as he found his personal...
20) DeFi
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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The promise of decentralized finance (DeFi for those up on their financial lingo) as a disruptor to financial institutions makes it must-know for anyone involved in finance. DeFi For Dummies provides an easy-to-understand option for unraveling the past, present, and future of DeFi. Understand current DeFi applications, including how to build basic applications on the leading platforms, and get a look into the future's most promising new DeFi solutions....
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