The Infinite Machine
How an Army of Crypto-Hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum
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The Infinite Machine
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Narrated by:
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Laura Jennings
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Camila Russo
About this listen
Written with the verve of such works as The Big Short, The History of the Future, and The Spider Network, here 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.
Everyone has heard of Bitcoin, but few know about the second largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, which has been heralded as the "next internet".
The story of Ethereum begins with Vitalik Buterin, a supremely gifted 19-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.
The Infinite Machine introduces 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.
Financial 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.
©2020 Camila Russo (P)2020 HarperAudioWhat listeners say about The Infinite Machine
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- Nick Parisi
- 27-02-2022
Inspiring brave new world
Excellent story written by a professional journalist and read beautifully. I loved this book and hope for a sequel.
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- Leonardo C. Ribeiro
- 15-05-2022
so glad to have finally read it.
thanks Camila!
what a wonderful book.
looking forward to the future of ETH.
gracias.
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- Atlas Talisman
- 02-03-2021
Get to know the people behind crypto
Such a great account of the rise of Ethereum! I gained so much insight into the ideologies and technologies of this important new field.
Highly highly recommend if you are interested in crypto, Web 3.0 and DeFi 👾💎🏆
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- Anonymous User
- 09-11-2021
Amazing History of Ethereum
I have not come across another historical account so complete as relates to the development and early days of Ethereum.
Like many people, I became interested in cryptocurrencies after Ethereum was already created. Getting to understand the story and rationale behind it was highly interesting.
The author tells the story in a compelling way, drawing on interviews but with an appropriately critical voice, pointing out when accounts conflict.
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Ethereum or cryptocurrencies.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-10-2021
So boring!!!
I apologise for leaving such a negative review since so much work had gone into collating the interviews but it's so boring that I had to give up on it with 3 hrs to go.
For people interested in the emergence of cryptocurrencies, there is simply not that much to gain here.
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