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Not all arguments holds when arguing against BitCoin, but the book is enlightening and well written. I got some new insights, but the BitCoin congregation would not buy it.
I bought this book for two reasons - the first reason being I have read other books by this author over the years and have seen his investigative nature which I liked. The second reason being that I have heard about bitcoins numerous times from my grandchildren, especially my grandson, and was clueless as to what exactly this bitcoin was and how one used it. So when I saw the author had written an investigative book on bit coins based on his opinion - I felt it was worth reading. While I see a mix of people saying yay to this book and people saying nay, as a retired school teacher, I keep in mind that one is entitled to his or her own opinions. I personally had no opinion before reading this book as I had no information other than hearing the word bitcoin several times recently. I'm not sure if I am spelling the word bitcoin correctly as Amazon keeps marking it as a misspelled word. Mr. Robinson is slanted towards those not in favor of bit coins. He walks the reader through his reasoning and I think he provides good documentation for his logic. Maybe some people disagree and maybe some people agree with his findings. This appears to be a volatile topic with strong feelings by both the yays and the nays. In my case, it as given me some interesting food for thought and I will certainly be sharing this book with my grandson to find out his opinion.
Before I read this book, I knew very little about our monetary system and even less about Bitcoin. This book examines our monetary system (or how most country's systems work) and Bitcoin’s place in it as well as what exactly is Bitcoin. The way the author wrote it made complex financial terms easy to understand. Straight talk is not always easy to find when the subject is economics or money. It made me realize how poorly educated I am about how money works in a society. This isn’t some dry textbook, but it will educate you if you are a regular person like me who wasn’t an economics major in college.
Jeffrey Robinson blows the lid off the Bitcoin world in this revealing exposé that should be required reading for anyone who uses money. Robinson relies on exhaustive research to separate the wheat from the chaff and lay out the shocking results, which have predictably ruffled the feathers of the Bitcoin faithful.
At the crux of his thesis is that Bitcoin has no fixed value; it trades like a stock and, as such, its volatility makes it virtually useless as a means for transactions. Money is optimal when it is fixed in value, and Bitcoin’s wacky fluctuations make it anything but.
This book has stirred much controversy, but I found it thought-provoking if nothing else. Whatever your philosophy, you should check out what this guy has to say, and judge for yourself.
I read this book because I wanted to know more about bitcon, and learn what it’s all about from someone without a vested interest in bitcoin. For me, this is the only book out there on the subject that makes sense. Robinson’s credentials are first rate. His research is, as expected, of the same quality. His conclusions are based on facts and numbers and are supported by a large group of serious people who have looked at bitcoin and seen, as he says, “there is no there, there.” I have also read some of the reviews by the trolls who attack him personally. This is uncalled for and grossly immature. What’s more, it is blatantly obvious that these people have not bothered to read the book. Maybe if they had, they would see why bitcoin, like the Easter bunny, is an illusion.
Jeff Robinson pretty much hits the nail on the head and demolishes many myths of Bitcoin. As one who has researched and understands much of the technology and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation, I am in a position to evaluate many of his arguments; they are sound from both a technical and economic point of view. It is refreshing to hear someone give a coherent explanation of how the Bitcoin emperor has no clothes.
The book gets four stars instead of five because it spends too much time ridiculing the libertarian extremists and the Bitcoin "Faithful" and less time describing in more detail the technical issues. At time this can be childish and ad hominen in a way that detracts from the author's credibility and may cause his sound esearch and points to be dismissed.
I would have also liked to have seen a more in depth description of the different kinds of smart contracts and how the blockchain technology could really be put to use effectively. Particularly it is not clear why this clever technology can compete with other combinations of database and electronic signature technologies unless one insists on having no centralized trusted record keepers. It is not clear that such a decentralization of trust has a huge demand outside of a narrow group or offers significant social benefits.
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