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The Inconvenient Truth About Bitcoin (eBook EPUB)

Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin: from utopian promise of a new financial system to a get-rich-quick pyramid.

A critical analysis that clears away the hype: slow transactions, volatility, the myth of decentralization and dynamics that look too much like a pyramid scheme. Written by someone who bought, sold and made money with Bitcoin.

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Language: English

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What the book is about

The Bitcoin debate is distorted by interests and lopsided in its arguments. This book was born from concern about the lack of financial literacy and the noise of clickbait.

It opens with full disclosure about the author’s own Bitcoin history. Criticising Bitcoin is not defending the traditional financial system: it is asking, with data and without fanaticism, whether Bitcoin is the answer.

Full Disclosure
The Inconvenient Truth About Bitcoin
All That Glitters Is Not Bitcoin
Attacking Bitcoin Is Not Defending the Old System
Part One: The Real Problem
Slowness, Bitcoin’s Achilles’ Heel
That Roller Coaster Called Bitcoin
The Myth of Decentralization
What Happens When There Are No Miners Left?
Under the Shadow of a Ponzi Scheme
Use Cases and Actual Use
El Salvador, an Oasis Without Bitcoin
Altcoins: Alternatives to Nothing
YouTube, Trolls, and Other Nonsense
Part Two: A Final Word
“Finfluencers” and Toxicity
A Number Today, a Story About Tomorrow
Latest Developments, Same Dangers
Conclusions
Before You Buy
Glossary

Who this book is for

You have been sold Bitcoin as the safe investment of the future and want to hear the other side.
You are thinking of buying crypto and want to understand the risks first.
You distrust hype, clickbait and finfluencers.

Format and download

Format: EPUB (DRM-free).
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About the author

Victor de la Fuente is a digital commerce professional, teacher, speaker and author based in Barcelona. He works in eCommerce at Nestlé and teaches at the University of Barcelona, UAB and business schools such as EADA, ISDI and MIOTI. He writes about technology, artificial intelligence, money, minimalism and modern life, combining practical ideas with critical thinking.

This book is for general information and is not financial advice. Investing in cryptocurrencies carries a very high risk, including the total loss of capital.

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