Book Review: ‘How Money Got Free’

Book Review: ‘How Money Got Free’
Brian Patrick Eha's "How Money Got Free" tells the story of bitcoin from the very beginning in 2008 through the end of 2016. Oneworld Publications
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Want to learn everything you need to know about bitcoin, and have fun doing it? Then read Brian Patrick Eha’s definitive history of the cryptocurrency, told through the stories of the individuals and companies who helped to build it, thereby fusing philosophy with technology and individual destinies with the financial revolution of our time.

For most people, the subject of bitcoin seems rather dry—an obscure new technology that pretends to be money and is horribly hard to understand for someone who isn’t a financial expert or a software developer. And yet, with bitcoin now worth almost $70 billion and up 300 percent in 2017, it’s also incredibly interesting and exciting, and something worth knowing and learning about.

Valentin Schmid
Valentin Schmid
Author
Valentin Schmid is a former business editor for the Epoch Times. His areas of expertise include global macroeconomic trends and financial markets, China, and Bitcoin. Before joining the paper in 2012, he worked as a portfolio manager for BNP Paribas in Amsterdam, London, Paris, and Hong Kong.