Why is cryptocurrency so popular?

The cryptocurrency market has undergone significant growth in 2017–2018. The macroeconomic trends fueling this growth. Individuals become interested in cryptocurrency from a financial markets lens, a technological lens, and/or a psychological lens. Additionally, there are some things you need to know before jumping to Blockchain Tech. These 8 books will help you to get to know Cryptocurrencies better.

The Industries of the Future by Simon & Schuster

(4.06 avg rating — 5,447 ratings — 29 editions)

The New York Times bestseller, from leading innovation expert Alec Ross, a “fascinating vision” (Forbes) of what’s next for the world and how to navigate the changes the future will bring. This book answers the question: ‘What’s next?’ The Internet had a world-changing impact on businesses and the global community over the twenty years from 1994 to 2014. In the next ten years, change will happen even faster. As Hillary Clinton’s Senior Advisor for Innovation, Alec Ross traveled nearly a million miles to forty-one countries, the equivalent of two round-trips to the moon. From refugee camps in the Congo and Syrian war zones to visiting the world’s most powerful people in business and government, Ross’s travels amounted to a four-year masterclass in the changing nature of innovation. In The Industries of the Future, Ross distils his observations on the forces that are changing the world. He highlights the best opportunities for progress and explains how countries thrive or sputter. Ross examines the specific fields that will most shape our economic future over the next ten years, including robotics, artificial intelligence, the commercialization of genomics, cybercrime and the impact of digital technology. Blending storytelling and economic analysis, he answers questions on how we will need to adapt. Ross gives readers a vivid and informed perspective on how sweeping global trends are affecting the ways we live, now and tomorrow.

2. The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly

(3.96 avg rating — 7,021 ratings — 795 reviews)

From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an optimistic road map for the future, showing how the coming changes in our lives — from virtual reality in the home to an on-demand economy to artificial intelligence embedded in everything we manufacture — can be understood as the result of a few long-term, accelerating forces. Kelly both describes these deep trends — flowing, screening, accessing, sharing, filtering, remixing, tracking, and questioning — and demonstrates how they overlap and are codependent on one another. These larger forces will completely revolutionize the way we buy, work, learn, and communicate with each other. By understanding and embracing them, says Kelly, it will be easier for us to remain on top of the coming wave of changes and to arrange our day-to-day relationships with technology in ways that bring forth maximum benefits. Kelly’s bright, hopeful book will be indispensable to anyone who seeks guidance on where their business, industry, or life is heading — what to invent, where to work, in what to invest, how to better reach customers, and what to begin to put into place — as this new world emerges.

3. Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money by Nathaniel Popper

(4.17 avg rating — 3,951 ratings — 13 editions)

A New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age. Digital Gold is New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper’s brilliant and engrossing history of Bitcoin, the landmark digital money and financial technology that has spawned a global social movement. The notion of a new currency, maintained by the computers of users around the world, has been the butt of many jokes, but that has not stopped it from growing into a technology worth billions of dollars, supported by the hordes of followers who have come to view it as the most important new idea since the creation of the Internet. Believers from Beijing to Buenos Aires see the potential for a financial system free from banks and governments. More than just a tech industry fad, Bitcoin has threatened to decentralize some of society’s most basic institutions. An unusual tale of group invention, Digital Gold charts the rise of the Bitcoin technology through the eyes of the movement’s colorful central characters, including an Argentinian millionaire, a Chinese entrepreneur, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, and Bitcoin’s elusive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Already, Bitcoin has led to untold riches for some, and prison terms for others.

4. Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Is Changing the World by Don Tapscott, Alex Tapscott

(3.36 avg rating —2,435 ratings— 29 editions)

The first, foundational book on blockchain technology, from the bestselling author of Wikinomics Don Tapscott and blockchain expert Alex Tapscott, now in paperback with a new preface and chapter explaining recent developments in the world of blockchain, including cryptoassets, ICOs, smart contracts, and more.

“This book has had an enormous impact on the evolution of blockchain in the world.”

— Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft Corporation In this revelatory book, Don and Alex Tapscott bring us a brilliantly researched, highly readable, and essential book about the technology driving the future of the economy. Blockchain is the ingeniously simple, revolution-ary protocol that allows transactions to be simultaneously anonymous and secure by maintaining a tamperproof public ledger of value. Though it’s best known as the technology that drives bitcoin and other digital cur-rencies, it also has the potential to go far beyond currency, to record virtually everything of value to humankind, from birth and death certifi-cates to insurance claims, land titles, and even votes. As with major paradigm shifts that preceded it, blockchain technology will create winners and losers. This book shines a light on where it can lead us in the next decade and beyond.

5. Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor’s Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond by Chris Burniske, Jack Tatar

(4.05 avg rating — 1,135 ratings — 113 editions)

The innovative investor’s guide to an entirely new asset class — from two experts on the cutting edge With the rise of bitcoin and blockchain technology, investors can capitalize on the greatest investment opportunity since the Internet. Bitcoin was the first cryptoasset, but today there are over 800 and counting, including ether, ripple, litecoin, monero, and more. This clear, concise, and accessible guide from two industry insiders shows you how to navigate this brave new blockchain world — and how to invest in these emerging assets to secure your financial future. Cryptoassets gives you all the tools you need:

● An actionable framework for investigating and valuing cryptoassets

● Portfolio management techniques to maximize returns while managing risk

● Historical context and tips to navigate inevitable bubbles and manias

● Practical guides to exchanges, wallets, capital market vehicles, and ICOs

● Predictions on how blockchain technology may disrupt current portfolios In addition to offering smart investment strategies, this authoritative resource will help you understand how these assets were created, how they work, and how they are evolving amid the blockchain revolution. The authors define a clear and original cryptoasset taxonomy, composed of cryptocurrencies, cryptocommodities, and cryptotokens, with insights into how each subset is blending technology and markets. You’ll find a variety of methods to invest in these assets, whether through global exchanges trading 24/7 or initial cryptoasset offerings (ICOs). By sequentially building on the concepts of each prior chapter, the book will provide you with a full understanding of the cryptoasset economy and the opportunities that await the innovative investor. Cryptoassets represent the future of money and markets. This book is your guide to that future.

6. Blockchain Technology Explained: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide About Blockchain Wallet, Mining, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Zcash, Monero, Ripple, Dash, IOTA and Smart Contracts by Alan T. Norman

(4.04 avg rating — 271 ratings — 35 reviews)

Instead of talking about investing, this book will focus on how blockchain technology works and how it might be used in the future. Topics you can expect to see in this book include:

● What problem does blockchain solve?

● How can technology make our institutions faster and less expensive?

● Could technology replace our institutions (like governments, banks, etc) altogether?

● How does blockchain build trust between strangers?

● How does blockchain increase security for transactions and contracts?

● Can blockchain be used outside of finance?

● What is a block?

● What is the chain and why do we need it?

● What’s a technical explanation of what happens in the blockchain?

● What is mining and why do we need it?

● Are there alternatives to mining to create a blockchain?

● What’s the story of Bitcoin?

● Does Bitcoin have any problems?

● What is Ethereum, and what is a smart contract?

● Are there other blockchain technologies I should know about?

● How are companies adopting blockchain?

● What regulatory hurdles might slow blockchain adoption?

Whew, that’s a lot of questions. If you’re ready to tackle them, I’m ready

7. Cryptocurrency: the Buy, Sell, Holding and Stop-Loss Strategies that made me $100,000 by Trading Cryptocurrency (Cryptocurrency Trading Secrets Book 2) by Chris Lambert (Case study)

(4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — 4 reviews)

This book focuses exclusively on the art of ‘Charting’, a technique of immense importance within the financial industry. It is based on one fundamental assumption: market prices follow predetermined and reoccurring patterns which can be identified using statistics, technical analysis and market indices. Once recognized, these charts provide a good indication of a coin’s short-term behavior. Without a doubt, tracking chart patterns is the most reliable technique to profit from the cryptocurrency markets. Many traders (including myself) have built entire careers around this art; I hope you will come to appreciate its powers very soon.Throughout this book I will present the charting patterns most relevant to the beginner/intermediate-level trader. I will show you how to identify and recognize each pattern while trading, covering its unique features and behaviours. Once you have recognized a pattern in the making, you must know exactly how to react (and quickly!). You are not gambling — every trade must be carefully planned in advance and executed without deviating from the plan. To help you in this aspect, I will show you… What Market Indices to Track

How to Recognize Common Chart Patterns

Profitable Buy Strategies (i.e. when to enter a market position)

Stop-Loss Placement (i.e. how to ‘cut your losses’)

Profitable Sell Strategies (i.e. when to exit a market position)

8. Blockchain Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps by Daniel Drescher

(4.03 avg rating — 295 ratings — 6 editions)

In 25 concise steps, you will learn the basics of blockchain technology. No mathematical formulas, program code, or computer science jargon are used. No previous knowledge in computer science, mathematics, programming, or cryptography is required. Terminology is explained through pictures, analogies, and metaphors. This book bridges the gap that exists between purely technical books about the blockchain and purely business-focused books. It does so by explaining both the technical concepts that make up the blockchain and their role in business-relevant applications. What You’ll Learn

● What the blockchain is

● Why it is needed and what problem it solves

● Why there is so much excitement about the blockchain and its potential

● Major components and their purpose

● How various components of the blockchain work and interact

● Limitations, why they exist, and what has been done to overcome them

● Major application scenarios Who This Book Is For

Everyone who wants to get a general idea of what blockchain technology is, how it works, and how it will potentially change the financial system as we know it!

The cryptocurrency market and its widespread usage across the globe as a viable payment option is one of the key driving forces for its popularity. The convenience, it offers for online transactions is a huge bonus. It is widely being considered as a safe, decentralized digital asset that offers high security against the credit and debit card frauds.

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