Digital Gold & Digital Heists: A Field Guide to Crypto

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Someone lost $34,000 in a crypto investment that promised 40% monthly returns. Another person bought an NFT for $8,000 that is now worth $12. A hospital got hit with ransomware and paid $400,000 in Bitcoin because there was no other option.

Three different stories. Same underlying technology. Most people using crypto — investing in it, losing money to it, paying ransoms with it — have no idea how it actually works.

This manual fixes that. No hype. No cheerleading. No financial advice. Just the actual mechanics.

6 chapters. The full picture. Skeptical but fair.

— Commander Shepard