01478nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100120008308200200009510000360011524500640015126000330021530000300024836500440027852008920032265000120121470000270122670000190125320220325151825.0220325b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d a9781785788307 cAL aEnglish 223a332.4bSIDB aSteven Boykey Sidley and others aBeyond Bitcoin: Decentralized Finance and the End of Banks  aLondonbIcon Books Ltdc2022 axiv,242 p.bPBc20x13 cm. aHYD8-262548c₹d₹454.00f21-03-2022 aAfter over a decade of Bitcoin, which has now moved beyond lore and hype into an increasingly robust star in the firmament of global assets, a new and more important question has arisen. What happens beyond Bitcoin? The answer is decentralised finance - 'DeFi'. Tech and finance experts Steven Boykey Sidley and Simon Dingle argue that DeFi - which enables all manner of financial transactions to take place directly, person to person, without the involvement of financial institutions - will redesign the cogs and wheels in the engines of trust, and make the remarkable rise of Bitcoin look quaint by comparison. It will disrupt and displace fine and respectable companies, if not entire industries. Sidley and Dingle explain how DeFi works, introduce the organisations and individuals that comprise the new industry, and identify the likely winners and losers in the coming revolution. aBanking aSIDLEY (Steven Boykey) aDINGLE (Simon)