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The new book from one of TIME’s 2021 most influential people
Author was in Forbes 30 Under 30 Hall of Fame

“A crucial contribution to development of a new technology that will impact all of our lives.” –Laura Shin, host of the Unchained podcast and author of The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze

β€œVitalik Buterin is one of the most influential creators of our generation….Like most of his work, it is sure to become a must-read.”–Camila Russo, author ofΒ The Infinite Machine, founder of The Defiant

The ideas behind Ethereum in the words of its founder, describing a radical vision for more than a digital currencyβ€”reinventing organizations, economics, and democracy itself in the age of the internet.

When he was only nineteen years old, in late 2013, Vitalik Buterin published a visionary paper outlining the ideas behind what would become Ethereum. He proposed to take what Bitcoin did for currencyβ€”replace government and corporate power with power shared among usersβ€”and apply it to everyday apps, organizations, and society as a whole. Now, less than a decade later, Ethereum is the second-most-valuable cryptocurrency and serves as the foundation for the weird new world of NFT artworks, virtual real estate in the metaverse, and decentralized autonomous organizations.

The essays in Proof of Stake have guided Ethereum’s community of radicals and builders. Here for the first time they are collected from across the internet for new readers. They reveal Buterin as a lively, creative thinker, relentlessly curious and adventuresome in exploring the consequences of his invention. His writing stands in contrast to the hype that so often accompanies crypto in the public imagination. He presents it instead as a fascinating set of social, economic, and political possibilities, opening a window into a conversation that far more of us could be having.

Media scholar Nathan Schneiderprovides introductions and notes.

Publisher ‏ : β€Ž Seven Stories Press
Publication date ‏ : β€Ž September 27, 2022
Language ‏ : β€Ž English
Print length ‏ : β€Ž 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : β€Ž 164421248X
ISBN-13 ‏ : β€Ž 978-1644212486
Item Weight ‏ : β€Ž 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : β€Ž 5.49 x 0.86 x 8.23 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #138,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6 in Other Databases #45 in Bitcoin & Cryptocurrencies #95 in Social Aspects of Technology
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