title: How Money Got Free: Bitcoin and the Fight for the Future of Finance
author:  Brian Patrick Eha 
description: Lays it out clearer than a 2am Wikipedia binge ever could (<i><b> Shortlist</b></i>)<br /><br />
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  For	Elizabeth
  —PV
  	
  For	Mum	and	Dad
  —MC
  
  	
  Contents
  Title	Page
  Copyright	Notice
  Dedication
  	
  Introduction:	Digital	Cash	for	a	Digital	Age
  1.	From	Babylon	to	Bitcoin
  2.	Genesis
  3.	Community
  4.	Roller	Coaster
  5.	Building	the	Blockchain
  6.	The	Arms	Race
  7.	Satoshi’s	Mill
  8.	The	Unbanked
  9.	The	Everything	Blockchain
  10.	Square	Peg	Meets	Round	Hole
  11.	A	New	New	Economy
  Conclusion:	Come	What	May
  	
  Acknowledgments
  Notes
  Index
  Also	by	Michael	J.	Casey
  About	the	Authors
  Copyright
  
  	
  Introduction
  DIGITAL	CASH	FOR	A	DIGITAL	AGE
  Money	won’t	create	success,	the	freedom	to	make	it	will.
  —Nelson	Mandela
  Even	 though	 Parisa	 Ahmadi	 was	 in	 the	 top	 of	 her