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THE BITCOIN AND THE MYSTERY OF SATOSHI NAKAMOTO

Bitcoins have now become the rulers of e-currency, their exponential and alarming value, combined with their worldwide recognition, and their association with luxury and high-quality living make them, priceless. The Bitcoin is all set to become the major currency around the world and herald a new era of artificial intelligence, robotics and technology. However, at the heart and foundation of the bitcoin lies a mystery so immense and disturbing that it questions the origin of the online supergiant. The whitepaper introducing bitcoin (https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) was written by a mysterious and ominous personality named Satoshi Nakamoto. He was the founder of the bitcoin, however, after the bitcoin gained public opinion, Nakamoto disappeared. Till date, the real person behind the bitcoin remains a mystery, some say it was Nick Szabo, some say it was Dorian Nakamoto. Other reports mention personalities of great stature like Hal Finney, Craig Wright, Adi Shamir and Gavin Andresen. Even Elon Musk has been linked to the mysterious founder of Bitcoin!

THE BLACK HOLE WAR REVIEW – LEONARD SUSSKIND

A brilliant read for the scientifically attracted mind. This book is full of scientific models and theories, but all of them are explained brilliantly, making this book truly blend into the ‘normal’ reading market. The Black Hole Theory, coupled with the String theory truly makes it a compelling read. Most importantly, the psychological and theoretical battle between Leonard Susskind, Gerard T’Hooft and Stephan Hawking regarding a relatively unknown object, black holes. What the human race is sure about is the fact is that there is a bone-crushing singularity right at the centre of a black hole, capable of exerting enough gravitational force to restrict light from moving past its event horizon. The concepts at battle make this book worthwhile, Stephen Hawking on one side despoiling the foundations of Physics by stating that Black Holes evaporate, leading to loss of information with Susskind and T’Hooft arguing that information is either emitted out as Hawking radiation or Black Holes don’t evaporate.