Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-465) and index.

1994 to January 20, 2014 -- January 20, 2014, to June 3, 2014 -- June 3, 2014, to July 30, 2015 -- February 20115 to late November 2015 -- December 2015 to June 17, 2016 -- June 17, 2016, to June 21, 2016 -- June 21, 2016, to July 24, 2016 -- July 24, 2016, to October 26, 2016 -- September 13, 2016, to winter 2017 -- July 2015 to July 19, 2017 -- July 19, 2017, to November 4, 2017 -- November 4, 2017, to January 20, 2018.

"This is the story of the idealists, technologists, and opportunists fighting to bring cryptocurrency to the masses. Cryptocurrency was growing increasingly marginal until a brilliant new idea changed its fortunes once again: Ethereum. In this book, Laura Shin takes readers inside the creation of this new form of cryptocurrency network, which enabled users to launch their own new coins, and in so doing, created a new crypto fever. The fortunes of crypto continue to rise and fall, but the people fighting to take it mainstream are making and losing fortunes and careers on it. This book shows the crypto market for what it really is: a deeply personal struggle for a revolution that may come tomorrow, or not at all"-- Provided by publisher.