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Crypto Uncovered - The Evolution of Bitcoin and the Crypto Currency Marketplace
Sarah Swammy, Richard Thompson, Marvin Loh
Verlag Palgrave Macmillan, 2019
ISBN 9783030001353 , 194 Seiten
Format PDF, OL
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Foreword
5
Acknowledgments
8
Contents
9
Notes on Contributors
11
List of Figures
15
List of Charts
17
List of Tables
18
1: History of Money
19
Barter
20
Moving Beyond Barter
21
The Illustrious History of Shell Money
21
From Shells to Coins and Paper
22
The Role of Gold in Money
27
Determining the Value of Money
31
Bibliography
34
2: Tales from the Crypt: The Dawn of Crypto Currency
35
Development of Bitcoin
37
Bitcoin Versus Fiat
37
History of Fiat Money
38
How Bitcoin and Crypto Currencies Can Change the Existing System
41
3: Silk Road to Wall Street: Accepting Crypto Currency as a Tradable Asset
46
Trying to Determine Value
47
Important Developments in the Evolution of Trading Crypto Currencies
49
Nuances in Trading Crypto Currencies
53
How Trading of Traditional Financial Securities Is Structured
54
What’s Different in Trading Crypto Assets
54
Using Wall Street for Crypto Investing
56
Governments Get Involved
56
Regulations Emerge and Are Often Welcome
57
ICOs: Crypto Currencies’ Hottest Trend
59
Bibliography
61
4: Crypto Currency: What Do We Know About Investment Performance and Risk?
64
Introduction
64
Prior Empirical Literature on Crypto Currency Pricing and Returns
65
Bitcoin Returns and Risks Relative to Established Financial Assets
67
Comparative Financial Performance of Alternative Crypto Currencies
70
Establishment of Exchange-Traded Funds, Options, and Future Contracts on Crypto Currency
74
Conclusions and Future Directions in Research
75
Bibliography
75
5: Managing the Crypto Marketplace
77
Early Days of Bitcoin
78
Establishing a Baseline Value for Bitcoin
80
Silk Road
80
Creating a Store of Value
81
The Market Awakens
82
Participant Management
89
Role Management
91
Actions and Entitlements
93
Events and Activities
96
6: Crypto Currency: The Birth of an ICO
100
Crypto Currency
100
How Crypto Currency Works
101
Types of Crypto Currency
102
Transactional
102
Platform
103
Utility Tokens
103
Ethereum
104
Smart Contract
105
How to Launch an ICO
108
Build the Product
109
Write the White Paper
110
Perform Legal Checks
112
Create the Token
113
Security Audit
116
Leadership
117
Manage the Community
117
ICO Crowd Sale
118
Ethereum Development Model
118
Solidity Programming Language
120
Smart Contract
122
Creating a Truffle Project
123
Creating the Smart Contract
124
Compile the Smart Contract
126
Migration
127
Testing the Smart Contract
128
Develop the User Interface
130
Installation of Web 3
132
Instantiation of Contract
132
UI Update
133
Manipulating the Adopt Function
134
Completion of the Application
134
Create an ERC 20 Token on Ethereum
137
LUCKY Coin: Decentralized Pet Care Blockchain Solution Features
138
ERC 20 Token Definition for LUCKY DOG
139
Token Smart Contract Specification
139
Minimum Viable Token
140
Create an ICO (Crowd Sale) Contract on Ethereum
141
LUCKY Token contract definition
142
ICO Smart Contract Specification
143
ICO Smart Contract Code
144
ICO Smart Contract Flow Diagram
146
7: Creation of a Distributed Ledger
147
Blockchain
147
Hash
147
Block
149
Mining
150
Bitcoin
154
Crypto Currency Wallet
156
Types of Wallets
158
Wallet Security
160
Appendix
161
Complete Token Contract for LUCKY DOG
161
8: ICO Regulatory and Reporting Framework
163
Design Considerations for Reporting
164
Governance
165
Identity
165
Verification and Authentication
166
Access Control
167
Data Ownership
167
Security
168
Blockchain Ecosystem
168
Users
169
Community
170
Infrastructure
171
Financials
172
Reporting
173
Dimensions
177
Analytics
177
Financial Reporting and Auditing
178
Auditor of Smart Contracts and Oracles
180
Service Auditor of Consortium Blockchains
181
Administrator Function
181
Arbitration Function
182
9: Crypto Currency: Another Block in the Continuum of Value Exchange
183
Historical Backdrop
183
Crypto Currency Wallet Security
184
The Next Block in the Chain
185
10: A Vision for the Future: The Bermuda FinTech Story
186
Blockchain Potential
187
The Bermuda FinTech Story: Building on a Reputation for Innovation and Collaboration
187
A Brief History of Bermuda
187
The Economy
188
The Bermuda FinTech Strategy
189
The Legislative Components
189
Initial Coin Offering Legislation
189
The Digital Asset Business Act 2018
190
Banking Service for FinTech Companies
191
National E-ID System
192
Land Title Registration
192
The Bermuda FinTech Innovation Hub
192
Setting Up Business in Bermuda
192
Summary
193
Conclusion
193