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