Alternative Currencies In The Digital Age makes the readers aware about the various currencies that can be used in the businesses or even in the normal regular transactions in the current world of digital technology and informs the readers about the ways in which these currencies may change the way trades happen. This book also discusses about the various currencies in the digital age, the role of alternative currencies in the economy of the world, bitcoin, the blockchains, the process of mining and the monetary policies and the related cybercrimes to the alternative currencies. It provides an insight into the kind of world that the people are heading into and the kinds of currencies that will be a fundamental thing in the future.
Author(s): Qing Zhou
Publisher: Society Publishing
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 251
City: Oakville
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
ABOUT THE EDITOR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Chapter 1 Currencies of the Digital Age
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Types of Digital Currency
1.3. Gold Backed Currency
1.4. The Technology Behind Cryptocurrency
1.5. Blockchain
1.6. Decentralized Application
1.7. Mining of Cryptocurrency
References
Chapter 2 Economy and Alternative Currencies
2.1. Introduction
2.2. The Political Economy Approach: Addressing Alternative Economies In Relation To Capitalism
2.3. Factors Influencing The Basic Model of Capitalism (Figure 2.2)
2.4. Cryptocurrencies And The Economics of Money
2.5. Cryptocurrency: Threat To The Economy or New Possibilities
2.6. Effect of Cryptocurrency on Global Economy
2.7. Economic Consequences of Cryptocurrencies and Associated Decentralized Systems
2.8. Outstanding Issues Around the Cryptocurrency Market
2.9. Corporate Debt, Cryptocurrencies & The Next Financial Crisis
References
Chapter 3 Bitcoins: The New Age Currency
3.1. Introduction
3.2. What Is Bitcoin?
3.3. Why Bitcoin Is ‘Good Money’ For The Global Digital Era
3.4. Bitcoin’s Transactional Properties
3.5. Bitcoin: A Currency of Digital Era
3.6. Bitcoin Business Opportunities
3.7. What Makes Bitcoin Valuable?
3.8. Blockchain Technology Could Change The World Much Like The Internet Did
3.9. Mining Of Bitcoin
3.10. The Bitcoin Network (Figure 3.7)
3.11. Conclusion
Reference
Chapter 4 The Blockchains: The Chains Keeping You Ahead
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Trade and Emergence of Money
4.3. Blockchain: Restoring Transparency, Re-Establishing Trust
4.4. Physical World Equivalence of The Blockchain
4.5. Applications of Blockchain Technology In Various Industries
4.6. Challenges of Using Blockchain Technology
4.7. Conclusion
References
Chapter 5 Mining The Exchange Process
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Need of Mining of Alternate Currency
5.3. Mining of Cryptocurrencies
5.4. What Is The Exchange Process of The Alternate Currencies?
5.5. Platforms For Exchange of Alternate Currencies (Figure 5.5)
5.6. Challenges In Exchange of Cryptocurrencies
5.7. Conclusion
References
Chapter 6 Monetary Policy and Alternate Currencies
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Monetary Policy and Digital Age
6.3. Central Bank Policies Around the World
6.4. IMF and Central Banks Response to Cryptocurrencies
6.5. Implications of Digital Currencies for Central Banks
References
Chapter 7 Cybercrime and the Alternative Currencies
7.1. Introduction
7.2. History of Cybercrime
7.3. Cybercrime
7.4. Types of Cybercrime
7.5. Causes of Cybercrime
7.6. How To Tackle Cybercrime
7.7. Concealing Identities Cryptocurrencies Fuel Cybercrime
7.8. Five Ways Cyber-Criminals are Trying to Cash in on Crypto-Currency
7.9. How Cryptocurrencies Fuel Cybercrimes
7.10. Cryptocurrencies and The Revolution in Cybercrime Economics
References
Chapter 8 The Future of Digital Currency
8.1. Introduction
8.2. The Future With the Digital Currency
8.3. How Will Digital Currencies Be Regulated?
8.4. Digital Currency Economy
8.5. The State of Frenzy in the Crypto World
8.6. Cryptocurrencies: Yet Another Disruption
8.7. Succeeding of Cryptocurrency
8.8. Future of Cryptocurrency: Why E-Commerce is the Answer
8.9. From E-Commerce to C-Commerce
8.10. Bitcoin’s Alternatives
8.11. Conclusion
References
Index
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