The Story of the Blockchain: A Beginner’s Guide
Blockchain technology is one of the most exciting ideas to come around in a long time, empowering cryptocoins like Bitcoin and Litecoin along with platforms such as Ripple and Ethereum. It has the potential to revolutionize money and banking while wrestling the rest of the internet away from today’s gatekeepers.
But it’s notoriously hard to understand, as most of the existing explanations are either too technical or too ideological.
The Story of the Blockchain is a book written for the rest of us. Using a series of anecdotes from everyday life and analogies from more relatable areas, Omid Malekan takes you back to the very beginning, walking you through why this technology was invented in the first place, how it’s being utilized today, and why it might eventually impact everything.
Each chapter covers a unique aspect of this frontier technology, like privacy, initial coin offerings or what it’s like to be invested in the coins themselves, but the overall book still flows like an easy to follow story, one that ends with a simple tutorial on how to safely make your first cryptocoin transactions. When all is said and done, you won’t just understand this revolution. You’ll be a part of it.
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Scott Pollack, author of the #1 bestselling What, Exactly, is Business Development? and former VP at WeWork:
“I’ve been a crypto enthusiast for several years, but never felt like I had a total grasp of how blockchains work and why they will eventually matter to my own career, until I read this book.”
Laurel Kenner, business journalist and co-author of Practical Speculation (Wiley):
“I couldn’t put this book down. Omid Malekan is extraordinarily gifted at making complex subjects entertaining. If you’re curious about the origins and potential of the revolutionary technology behind the boom-bust trades and hype, The Story of the Blockchain is a fascinating guide.”
Robert Kao, Citi Ventures, Co-Author of the best-selling BlackBerry For Dummies (Wiley)
As a technologist in the financial industry, I’ve tried reading several books on blockchain technology, but most of them fail to explain the concepts in plain English. The Story of the Blockchain is the exception. Malekan has a natural ability to take complex financial concepts and explain them using everyday concepts. This book is a must read for anyone trying to understand blockchains and cryptocurrency.
Flavia Cymbalista PhD, Uncertainty Specialist, Founder and Principal at MarketFocusing Inc and author of How George Soros Knows What he Knows:
“Putting it simply: thanks to Omid I was able to participate in Ether’s ICO. Putting it mildly: that was a good move. Putting it broadly: Omid will explain crypto to you; if you’re starting from scratch, start here”
Arunram Kalaiselvan, CTO of Blockdaemon, the leading blockchain infrastructure company:
Roy Niederhoffer, President RG Niederhoffer Capital Management
