The Big Book of Crypto

Preface...............................................................................................................5 Why We Wrote This Book............................................................................8 Big Picture........................................................................................... 12 1. The Great Solar Flash...........................................................................13 2. Big Predictions.......................................................................................20 3. The Third Inning ..................................................................................24 4. Crypto Is Inevitable..............................................................................27 5. Paper Money Problems........................................................................30 6. The Case Against Crypto.....................................................................35 7. My $2 Million Crypto Blueprint.......................................................38 8. The Case for $1 Million Bitcoin........................................................41 9. Rise of the “Altcoins”...........................................................................48 10. The Next Trillion-Dollar Crypto .......................................................53 11. Life After Big Inc. .................................................................................62 12. The Most Powerful Trend in History ...............................................65 Drilling Down.................................................................................... 69 13. End of an Era ........................................................................................70 14. A Brief History of Bitcoin...................................................................74 15. What Is Blockchain?.............................................................................86 16. Buy Bitcoin Easily.................................................................................92 17. Hack-Proof Your Crypto .....................................................................97 18. Make Money in Crashes................................................................... 103 19. How to Earn Crypto ......................................................................... 107 20. How to Mine Crypto With Radio ................................................. 114 21. The Best Crypto Bank....................................................................... 118 22. Stake Your Coins................................................................................ 121 23. How to Mint an NFT........................................................................ 125 24. Whale Watching 101 ......................................................................... 133 25. Why You Need a Blockchain Domain .......................................... 139 26. One Crypto Tool I Use Every Day................................................. 142 Block to the Future.........................................................................145 27. Block to the Future............................................................................ 146 28. The SoHo Effect................................................................................. 150 29. Web 3.0 ................................................................................................ 156 30. DeFi Defined Simply......................................................................... 161 31. WTF Are NFTs?.................................................................................. 163 32. DAOs.................................................................................................... 172 33. Crypto Gaming .................................................................................. 177 34. The Metaverse..................................................................................... 183 35. CBDCs................................................................................................. 186 36. Quantum Genocide........................................................................... 191 TradFi ................................................................................................195 37. Crypto Failed... Long Live Crypto!................................................. 196 38. Your Crypto Retirement Plan.......................................................... 199 39. Buy Bitcoin on Sale........................................................................... 203 40. Mining For Digital Gold.................................................................. 207 41. 3 Crypto Miners to Watch............................................................... 211 42. Buy Bitcoin on Someone Else’s Dime........................................... 216 43. Auxiliary Bitcoin Outfitters............................................................. 221 44. Get Paid to Write a Bitcoin Insurance Policy .............................. 225 Addendum: The Lost Interviews...................................................228 45. The Lost Interviews............................................................................ 229 46. Can’t Kill Bitcoin .............................................................................. 231 47. The Crypto Arms Race ..................................................................... 236 48. The Cashless Society.......................................................................... 240 49. Vitalik Buterin’s Dad......................................................................... 245 50. The Beauty of Bitcoin ....................................................................... 247 51. Hollis Hedrich.................................................................................... 252