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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 

Names: January, Brendan, 1972– author.

Title: Cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution : Bitcoin and beyond / Brendan January.

Description: Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Ages 13–19 | Audience: Grades 10–12 | Summary: “When Bitcoin was first released in January 2009, each digital coin was worth only a few pennies. A single Bitcoin is now valued at over ten thousand dollars. This book examines digital cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology that makes them possible.”— Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019046569 (print) | LCCN 2019046570 (ebook) | ISBN 9781541578777 (Library Binding) | ISBN 9781728401591 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Bitcoin—Juvenile literature. | Cryptocurrencies—Juvenile literature. | Blockchains (Databases)—Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC HG1710 .J36 2021 (print) | LCC HG1710 (ebook) | DDC 332.4—dc23

 

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019046569

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Manufactured in the United States of America

1-46980-47849-4/16/2020