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049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
050 0 0 _aHG1710.3
_b.H69 2023
100 1 _aHowson, Pete
_q(Peter),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aLet them eat crypto :
_bthe blockchain scam that's ruining the world /
_cPeter Howson.
264 1 _aLondon ;
_aLas Vegas, NV :
_bPluto Press,
_c©2023
300 _a289 pages
_c20 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 246-272) and index.
505 0 0 _tBanking the unbanked --
_tThe crypto colonists --
_tGreen wash trading --
_tBad samaritans --
_tBloke chains --
_tFor betterverse or metaworse --
_tA world without Web3.
520 _aProvides an exposé of the huge social, political and environmental costs of cryptocurrencies. The subject of immense hope, hype, and confusion, crypto has amassed countless headlines in recent years. With cryptocurrencies, NFTs and metaverse markets crashing, the underlying blockchain technology is still promised to solve global development challenges, whilst revolutionizing every industry. But is the technology really a silver bullet? In this volume, Howson puts blockchain, cryptocurrency and 'Web3' under the microscope like never before and he tells an alarming story of how right-wing libertarian crypto entrepreneurs - often aided by charities, politicians, and philanthropists - seek out and exploit conditions of poverty, oppression, corruption, and conflict. Their goal? A new front of 'crypto-colonial' extractivism. Howson reveals the alarming truth: far from 'banking the unbanked', saving the gorillas, or freeing people from oppressive governments, blockchain offers only false solutions, surveillance, and hi-tech snake oil. --From publisher's description.
650 0 _aCryptocurrencies
_xMoral and ethical aspecs.
650 0 _aBlockchains (Databases)
650 0 _aSwindlers and swindling.
650 6 _aCryptomonnaie.
650 6 _aChaînes de blocs.
650 7 _acryptocurrencies.
_2aat
650 7 _aBlockchains (Databases)
_2fast
650 7 _aCryptocurrencies
_2fast
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