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The Rosetta Stone

Nicolette Sharma

$47.95   $40.60

Paperback

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English
Alpha Editions
30 October 2025
Money once needed a mint; now it needs a protocol. In a world of programmable money and decentralised currency, the real question is not which token will moon-but who will write the rules that touch every payment, wage, and tax you make. This book is a clear, unsentimental guide to the new monetary order. It shows how blockchains, stablecoins explained, and state-run CBDC privacy architectures can expand freedom-or quietly centralise control. For investors, builders, policymakers, and sceptical citizens alike, it replaces loud narratives with hard questions: What counts as censorship-resistant finance? When does blockchain governance actually distribute power? How do crypto economics fail under stress? And what happens to the future of central banking when code can enforce policy by default? - Understand state vs crypto through real attack surfaces, not slogans - Learn design checklists for assessing any protocol's incentives and risks - See why digital sovereignty depends on exit options, not marketing - Map credible scenarios for a multipolar monetary internet By the end, you will carry a portable lens for judging every currency-stateless or state-built-by who it empowers, how it breaks, and whether your freedom is a setting or a story.
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Imprint:   Alpha Editions
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 12mm
Weight:   286g
ISBN:   9789374596340
ISBN 10:   9374596342
Pages:   210
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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