Out Of The Ether Av Matthew Leising

<p><b>Discover how $55 million in cryptocurrency vanished in one of the most bizarre thefts in history</b></p><p><i>Out of the Ether: The Amazing Story of Ethereum and the $55 Million Heist that Almost Destroyed It All </i>tells the astonishing tale of the disappearance of $55 million worth of the cryptocurrency ether in June 2016. It also chronicles the creation of the Ethereum blockchain from the mind of inventor Vitalik Buterin to the ragtag group of people he assembled around him to build the second-largest crypto universe after Bitcoin.</p><p>Celebrated journalist and author Matthew Leising tells the full story of one of the most incredible chapters in cryptocurrency history. He covers the aftermath of the heist as well, explaining the extreme lengths the victims of the theft and the creators of Ethereum went to in order to try and limit the damage. The book covers:</p><ul><li>The creation of Ethereum</li><li>An explanation of the nature of blockchain and cryptocurrency</li><li>Th