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020			_a9781839768347 _q(hardback)
020			_z9781839768361 _q(US EBK)
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100	1		_aO'Dwyer, Rachel _c(Lecturer), _eauthor. _942616
245	1	0	_aTokens : _bthe future of money in the age of the platform / _cRachel O'Dwyer.
264		1	_aBrooklyn : _bVerso, _c2023.
300			_a312 pages ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GQ, Los Angeles Times, Wired The essential guide to this new landscape of NFTs, Web3, Crypto and DAOs and a warning of the political consequences of what happens when platform capitalism comes for the money in your pocket Wherever you look, money is being re- placed by tokens. Digital platforms are issuing new kinds of money-like things: phone credit, shares, gift vouchers, game tokens, customer data—the list goes on. But what does it mean when online platforms become the new banks? What new types of control and discrimination emerge when money is tied to specific apps or actions, politics or identities? Tokens opens up this new and expanding world. Exploring the history of extra- monetary economies, Rachel O’Dwyer shows that private and grassroots tokens have always haunted the real economy. But as the large tech platforms issue new money-like instruments, tokens are suddenly everywhere. Amazon’s Turk workers are getting paid in gift cards. Online streamers trade in wishlists. Foreign remittances are sent via phone credit. Bitcoin, gift cards, NFTs, customer data, and game tokens are the new money in an evolving economy. It is a development challenging the balance of power between online empires and the state. Tokens may offer a flexible even subversive route to compensation. But for the platforms them- selves they can be a means of amassing frightening new powers. An essential read for anyone concerned with digital money, inequality, and the future of the economy. _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aCryptocurrencies.
650		0	_aDigital currency.
650		0	_aBlockchains (Databases)
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aO'Dwyer, Rachel. _tTokens _dBrooklyn : Verso, 2023 _z9781839768361 _w(DLC) 2023021467
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