The Bitcoin Big Bang: How Alternative Currencies Are About to Change the World

Index

• Note: Page references in italics refer to figures.

• ABC Conjecture
• Abiodun, Emmanuel
• AIG
• AirBnB
• Airline frequent flier miles, as currency
• Akkoyunlu, A.
• Alternative currency investment
  • alternative cryptocurrencies (alt-coins), defined (See also Bitcoin)
  • Bitcoin volatility and
  • exchanges for
  • growth and
  • “Nixon Shock” and
  • regulation of
  • 60/40 portfolio model and
  • valuation and
  • vehicles for
• American Bankers Association
• Andreessen, Marc
• Andreessen Horowitz
• Andresen, Gavin
• Apple
• ARPANET (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
• ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) miners
• ASIC-resistant algorithm
• Auroracoin
• Austin Global Exchange
• Australian
• Automobiles, as smart property

• Bank for International Settlements
• Bank of England
• Barter system
• BCG Matrix
• Bear Stearns
• Bernanke, Ben
• Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin and bitcoins, defined
  • blockchain, defined (See also Blockchain)
  • as bubble
  • buying
  • Byzantine Generals' Problem and
  • California gold rush compared to
  • as currency
  • decentralized financial systems, defined
  • as disruption to financial services industry
  • early sales of
  • expectations for
  • growth of alternative currencies and
  • inception of
  • language of
  • miners' role in (See also Miners/mining)
  • as peer-to-peer network (See also Peer-to-peer network(s))
  • public and private keys
  • regulation of
  • timestamp protocol of
  • valuation
  • value transfer and
  • volatility and
  • See also Smart money
• Bitcoin Foundation
• Bitcoin Investment Trust
• Bitcoin Magazine
• BITCOIN.ORG
• “Bitcoin P2P E-Cash Paper” (Nakamoto)
• Bitcoin ...