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  • Catching Up to Crypto

  • Your Guide to Bitcoin and the New Digital Economy
  • By: Ben Armstrong
  • Narrated by: Ben Armstrong
  • Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (30 ratings)

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Catching Up to Crypto

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A fun and authoritative guide to Bitcoin and the future of money

In Catching Up to Crypto: Your Guide to Bitcoin and the New Digital Economy, celebrated crypto and Bitcoin expert Ben Armstrong delivers an exciting and fresh new exploration of Bitcoin and digital currencies. He explains what Bitcoin is, how it works, and how and why we're all transitioning to a digital economy as we speak. He discusses the deficiencies of traditional fiat currency, how it's commonly manipulated, and how we can all benefit from the adoption of new digital assets.

In the book, you'll discover how Bitcoin operates in the real-world and how the underlying technology—known as the blockchain—operates. You'll also learn about: the importance of decentralization, trust-less commerce and cryptographic consensus; the humble origins of Bitcoin, as well as how it nearly died out, and how it went on to take over the world; and how monetary and financial policy is being revolutionized by the introduction of Bitcoin and other crypto-assets. An essential and engaging review of Bitcoin, digital assets, and the new digital economy, Catching Up to Crypto is the hands-on and comprehensive introduction to crypto that investors, enthusiasts, the crypto-curious, and finance professionals have been waiting for.

This audiobook includes a bonus chapter written by the author exclusively for the audio edition!

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Ben gets a bad look from most people in the space - because he’s just as informed as they are but he don’t do the 🤐 thing most other influencers do. Meaning he don’t try and gate keep out of fear that people he brings into this space will actually gain some of the wealth available in the crypto world.

He be on one sometimes ngl 😂 but there aren’t many influencers who put it out there good bad or indifferent , rather than acting like they’re from some exclusive club or sumn.

Probably him , altcoin daily , George are good examples of some folks who commonly disagree but are similar in that they want their people to win.

Great book 📚 for those looking to get on

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Bitboy to the Rescue!

This is a must read for anyone who is thinking about entering the crypto market. I wish this book was available to me when I entered the crypto market at the end of 2017, it could’ve saved me a ton of heartache and and money. I appreciate all the research that went into writing this book. Ben is a hero to the questioning masses who believe there must be a better way than the traditional financial systems in place.

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A MUST READ for anyone interested in crypto

This book takes you from zero to hero in the crypto world. It’s simple to understand.

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Great book for Beginners!!

Ben Armstrong cultivates a colorful telling of crypto that anyone can understand. This is a new emerging technology that can be hard to comprehend or keep up with at times. I recommend anyone interested in learning about crypto to give this a solid read. Thank you Ben

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Love Ben and the Team!

I've been following Ben Armstrong and the team for a couple years now. The information they put out is well thought out and it's obvious that they want what's best for the retail investors. This book is a great primer for getting you 'caught up' with the crypyoverse. There's info in here for everyone and learning the terminology alone is worth the price of the book. If you are at all interested in crypto, and you should be, this is a great place to start or expand your knowledge.

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Great starting point

This book was a great starting point for people new to the Crypto asset space and doesn't hyper focus on one specific project. It has a good amount of info on the various niches and possible use cases that this new technology can offer.

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Very informative

Learned some interesting things about crypto, how it works, and how it started. Ben has a lot of knowledge. Good book.

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Don’t Skip this one !!

A great informational inside story of the Bad Boy of Crypto Ben Armstrong !! Great insight to crypto in general and a even better story of the balls it takes to make it in this game !!
GeneralTso recommends !

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Catching up to crypto, it's all in the name.

This book makes it easy to understand the basics of crypto and what is going on in the crypto sector. I've been in crypto since late 2019 and like most I didn't take profits and watched all my gains go down the drain last bull run. This books help me understand and help connect the dots to what I wasn't really understanding.

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Very insightful

Ben Armstrong’s book serves as a starting point for any crypto newbie and veteran investor that needs a brush up on the history of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. I encourage my fellow crypto enthusiasts to check it out. $Ben coin to the moon!

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