--- product_id: 740395513 title: "The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking" price: "276.23 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/740395513-the-bitcoin-standard-the-decentralized-alternative-to-central-banking store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking **Price:** 276.23 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking - **How much does it cost?** 276.23 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/740395513-the-bitcoin-standard-the-decentralized-alternative-to-central-banking) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A comprehensive and authoritative exploration of Bitcoin and its place in monetary history When a pseudonymous programmer introduced "a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party" to a small online mailing list in 2008, very few people paid attention. Ten years later, and against all odds, this upstart autonomous decentralized software offers an unstoppable and globally accessible hard money alternative to modern central banks. The Bitcoin Standard analyzes the historical context to the rise of Bitcoin, the economic properties that have allowed it to grow quickly, and its likely economic, political, and social implications. While Bitcoin is an invention of the digital age, the problem it purports to solve is as old as human society itself: transferring value across time and space. Author Saifedean Ammous takes the reader on an engaging journey through the history of technologies performing the functions of money, from primitive systems of trading limestones and seashells, to metals, coins, the gold standard, and modern government debt. Exploring what gave these technologies their monetary role, and how most lost it, provides the reader with a good idea of what makes for sound money, and sets the stage for an economic discussion of its consequences for individual and societal future-orientation, capital accumulation, trade, peace, culture, and art. Compellingly, Ammous shows that it is no coincidence that the loftiest achievements of humanity have come in societies enjoying the benefits of sound monetary regimes, nor is it coincidental that monetary collapse has usually accompanied civilizational collapse. With this background in place, the book moves on to explain the operation of Bitcoin in a functional and intuitive way. Bitcoin is a decentralized, distributed piece of software that converts electricity and processing power into indisputably accurate records, thus allowing its users to utilize the Internet to perform the traditional functions of money without having to rely on, or trust, any authorities or infrastructure in the physical world. Bitcoin is thus best understood as the first successfully implemented form of digital cash and digital hard money. With an automated and perfectly predictable monetary policy, and the ability to perform final settlement of large sums across the world in a matter of minutes, Bitcoin's real competitive edge might just be as a store of value and network for the final settlement of large payments a digital form of gold with a built-in settlement infrastructure. Ammous' firm grasp of the technological possibilities as well as the historical realities of monetary evolution provides for a fascinating exploration of the ramifications of voluntary free market money. As it challenges the most sacred of government monopolies, Bitcoin shifts the pendulum of sovereignty away from governments in favor of individuals, offering us the tantalizing possibility of a world where money is fully extricated from politics and unrestrained by borders. The final chapter of the book explores some of the most common questions surrounding Bitcoin: Is Bitcoin mining a waste of energy? Is Bitcoin for criminals? Who controls Bitcoin, and can they change it if they please? How can Bitcoin be killed? And what to make of all the thousands of Bitcoin knockoffs, and the many supposed applications of Bitcoin's 'block chain technology'? The Bitcoin Standard is the essential resource for a clear understanding of the rise of the Internet's decentralized, apolitical, free-market alternative to national central banks. Review: Read this now. - An absolute must read for people interested in free markets and monetary policy. Even for people with no prior interest, this book will open your eyes to how governments impoverish their citizens (while increasing the wealth of a few) by continuously printing money, and actually have little idea what they are doing. The difference between hard and soft money, time preference etc. and how these have affected the prosperity of civilizations in the past is amazing. Now we live in a world obsessed with consumption and continuous growth. People have stopped saving. But it is saving which creates capital and prosperity. This book explains beautifully how Bitcoin fixes this. 日本語版は、まだ出版されていませんが、来年に出るようです。日本の友達などにあげるのを楽しみにしています。 Review: Excellent review of the history of money and its future - In the first half of the book the author reviews the history of money from early civilization to modern times, all to prepare you for his excellent education on Bitcoin. This is easily the best book I've read this year and I am buying 10 more copies to hand out to friends! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Amazon 売れ筋ランキング | 洋書 - 24,593位 ( 洋書の売れ筋ランキングを見る ) Banks & Banking - 27位 Money & Monetary Policy - 34位 E-commerce Professional - 46位 | | おすすめ度 | 5つ星のうち4.7 8,256 レビュー | ## Images ![The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71jDLpPMdFS.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Read this now. *by C***J on 2019年10月16日に日本でレビュー済み* An absolute must read for people interested in free markets and monetary policy. Even for people with no prior interest, this book will open your eyes to how governments impoverish their citizens (while increasing the wealth of a few) by continuously printing money, and actually have little idea what they are doing. The difference between hard and soft money, time preference etc. and how these have affected the prosperity of civilizations in the past is amazing. Now we live in a world obsessed with consumption and continuous growth. People have stopped saving. But it is saving which creates capital and prosperity. This book explains beautifully how Bitcoin fixes this. 日本語版は、まだ出版されていませんが、来年に出るようです。日本の友達などにあげるのを楽しみにしています。 ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent review of the history of money and its future *by J***E on 2018年5月15日に日本でレビュー済み* In the first half of the book the author reviews the history of money from early civilization to modern times, all to prepare you for his excellent education on Bitcoin. This is easily the best book I've read this year and I am buying 10 more copies to hand out to friends! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ bitcoinとドル、円などとの対比 *by 東***田 on 2018年12月1日に日本でレビュー済み* bitcoinがドルや円など政府の都合により発行される通貨と違い金貨と同質のものであり、インフレによっては減価しないものだと言うことがよく説明されている。bitcoinはちこれから各国中央銀行が発行する通貨と対比されて、それらに代わって世界の人々に利用されて行くだろう。その昔貝殻や石が通貨であった頃からの通貨の歴史から、bitcoinの仕組みまでかなりくわしく、わかりすやく、説得力ももって書かれており、いいbitcoinの教科書といえる゜日本政府がbitcoinを暗号資産とした意味もうなずける゜なお中央銀行発行の通貨の本質については Ｆ．William Engdahl 著 Ｇods of Ｍoney など読むといい。bitcoinのことがよりよく理解できる。 ## Frequently Bought Together - The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking - Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better - The Big Print: What Happened To America And How Sound Money Will Fix It --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/740395513-the-bitcoin-standard-the-decentralized-alternative-to-central-banking](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/740395513-the-bitcoin-standard-the-decentralized-alternative-to-central-banking) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-07-16*