{"product_id":"the-infinite-machine-camila-russo-9780062886149","title":"The Infinite Machine: How an Army of Crypto-Hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten with the verve of such works as \u003cem\u003eThe Big Short, The History of the Future, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Spider Network, \u003c\/em\u003ehere is the fascinating, true story of the rise of Ethereum, the second-biggest digital asset in the world, the growth of cryptocurrency, and the future of the internet as we know it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone has heard of Bitcoin, but few know about the second largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, which has been heralded as the \"next internet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Ethereum begins with Vitalik Buterin, a supremely gifted nineteen-year-old autodidact who saw the promise of blockchain when the technology was in its earliest stages. He convinced a crack group of coders to join him in his quest to make a super-charged, global computer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Infinite Machine \u003c\/em\u003eintroduces Vitalik's ingenious idea and unfolds Ethereum's chaotic beginnings. It then explores the brilliant innovation and reckless greed the platform--an infinitely adaptable foundation for experimentation and new applications--has unleashed and the consequences that resulted as the frenzy surrounding it grew: increased regulatory scrutiny, incipient Wall Street interest, and the founding team's effort to get the Ethereum platform to scale so it can eventually be accessible to the masses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinancial journalist and cryptocurrency expert Camila Russo details the wild and often hapless adventures of a team of hippy-anarchists, reluctantly led by an ambivalent visionary, and lays out how this new foundation for the internet will spur both transformation and fraud--turning some into millionaires and others into felons--and revolutionize our ideas about money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Camila Russo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062886142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062886149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Business\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2020 pg. 63","brand":"Camila Russo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44052429603071,"sku":"9780062886149","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a10424aa-8be7-4798-868f-5df2e3cb976d.jpg?v=1685018741","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-infinite-machine-camila-russo-9780062886149","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}