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BOOKS
January, Brendan. Cryptocurrencies and the Blockchain

Revolution: Bitcoin and Beyond. Minneapolis: Lerner
Publishing, 2021.
Kurtz, Kevin. Cutting-Edge Blockchain and Bitcoin.

Minneapolis: Lerner Publishing, 2020.
Milton, Elizabeth. The Future of Money: The Good, the Bad,
the Bitcoin. New York: Scholastic, 2019.

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INDEX

banks, 9–10, 12–13, Dogecoin, 17–18 Hanyecz, Laszlo, 5–7 Answer Key: 1. Answers will vary; 2. Answers will vary; 3. B; 4. A
16, 24, 32, 42–43
Bitcoin, 5–7, 11–13, eCash, 10 investing, 18–19, 29,
16, 19, 25, 26–27, encryption, 10, 23 38, 42, 45
30–31, 33, 36, 38–39 exchanges, 21–22,
blockchain, 16, 22, 24, 26–27 mining, 24–25, 30, 33
32–33, 43
fees, 12, 30–31 Nakamoto, Satoshi,
Chaum, David, 9–10 11–13, 44
Coinbase, 26–27 government-run
crime, 35–37 cryptocurrency, privacy, 9, 12, 31
43–44
digital wallets, 21–24, Silk Road, 36
32, 36–37 hackers, 32, 36

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