Tuesday, October 24, 2023
The first edition of my book, The End of Money and the Future of Civilization, was published by Chelsea Green Publishing in 2009. While it remains as relevant and timely today as it was when first published the printed book has been out of print for several years, although the digital Kindle edition is still available from Amazon.com, and there is an active market for used copies.
Having recently had the rights reverted to me by my publisher, I have decided to begin publishing a revised, updated, and expanded edition of the book. It will first be published in serial form, as freely downloadable chapters on my website, Medium, and elsewhere, as I complete them. The text of each section will be accompanied by an audio narration by Ken Richings.
Upon completion of the series, I plan to compile the various chapters and sections into both a print edition and an e-book edition. For the new edition, every chapter will be edited, some rewritten, others may be dropped, and new ones added to cover the changing financial, economic, and political circumstances, and to address more recent developments, including the emergence of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, blockchain technology, and smart contracts. That particular chapter will elaborate and expand upon what I’ve already written and published in my articles, Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the end of money as we’ve known it (2022), and Bitcoin, Blockchain Technology, and Crypto-Currency (2016).
The serial publication may not be on a regular schedule, but I’ve made it a priority to complete the series by the end of 2024. If you wish to be alerted as new sections of the book are posted you can follow me at my website, https://beyondmoney.net/, and subscribe to my occasional newsletter at MailChimp.
You can find the links to each subsequent chapter by clicking on the menu item The End of Money above.
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