Yun Wu: The Fundamentals of Digital Currency, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Fundamentals of Digital Currency
- Demystifying the Social Experiment of New Money
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- Verlag:
- Springer, 12/2025
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9789819782635
- Artikelnummer:
- 12880789
- Umfang:
- 276 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 423 g
- Maße:
- 235 x 155 mm
- Stärke:
- 16 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 9.12.2025
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
This book is an in-depth examination of the inner workings, origins, and future trajectory of digital currencies. It presents an analytical overview of the technologies underpinning cryptocurrencies and explores their development from a technical, economic, and regulatory standpoint. Readers will gain an understanding of the philosophical debates surrounding digital currencies, including the varying degrees of decentralization and the challenges cryptocurrencies face for widespread adoption as public payment methods. The text also explores how anonymity within the blockchain is reconciled with increasing regulatory oversight. Central to the book's discourse is the exploration of a potential future shaped by digital currency regulation, positing the emergence of a "Republic of Supremacy" as a hypothetical global authority. This scenario prompts a reevaluation of traditional concepts of sovereignty and the shifting landscape of power in the digital age.
This book serves as an informative resource for a diverse audience, including those new to the digital currency conversation, individuals seeking to understand the sociological implications of these technologies, and tech innovators interested in the sector's evolution. It provides a factual and exploratory analysis, presenting a clear viewpoint through comprehensive and logical examination of the subject matter. This book is designed to equip readers with the knowledge to critically assess the current state and future possibilities of digital currencies within the global economic and social framework.
Biografie (Wei Zhu)
WEI ZHU received his PhD in solid state science from Pennsylvania State University. He was a visiting assistant professor at North Carolina State University before he joined AT&T Bell Laboratories (later Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories) in 1993. He is currently a member of technical staff in the Applied Materials Research Department at Agere Systems, formerly the microelectronics group of Lucent Technologies, where he specializes in carbon-based materials and applications. His interests include novel cold cathode materials and devices, nanoscale materials and technology, MEMS, and optical waveguide materials and devices. He holds more than thirty patents and has coauthored over forty papers. He organized the first Materials Research Society symposium on vacuum microelectronics in 1998. He is a member of the Materials Research Society and the Optical Society of America.