The digital virtual communities have exploded in recent years - this phenomenon is enabled by social media and the changing world we live in. In some cases these communities have created their own currency for exchange of goods and services but it has expanded to outside their own circles and provide a new medium of exchange creating new digital virtual currencies that are changing the world. Bitcoin-Central is now the first Bitcoin exchange to become a bank with guarantee funds insured up to EU$100,000. This book explores the new digital currencies and how they are changing the world. When we were researching -The Deep Dark Web book we saw that some of the criminal elements were using this new currency Bitcoin but we also saw that legit business were also adapting to this new currency. We hope to help you learn what is happening with this new currency we cover -Who uses this currency -What are the financial aspect - Governments, Business, Merchants and Criminals. In all we hope to guide you with some of the question you have. This book will be an invaluable resource for cyber security professionals, financial policy-makers, business experts, lawyers, merchants, scholars, and researchers, this book provides a comprehensive research from a International cyber security perspective, technical, and financial implications of the new digital virtual currencies. Thomas Jefferson said: "I sincerely believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restores to the people to whom it properly belongs"
About the Author: Richard Amores: He has over 35 years in IT. As a Lotus Notes Architecture and infrastructures designer he has worked with "large scale email systems and database. His talent took him to far and distant lands around the world, working with fortune 100 companies such as IBM, American Express, and Bank of America to name a few. After dedicating much of his life to software and security, Richard, newly retired, became the owner of usCyberlabs.com; a security blog that catalyzed the idea of his passion for cyber security. He write for major publications in the security field such as Cyber War Zone & Infosec Island and for other security magazines, journals. He is consulting with governments, military the entertainment industry and IFTF solving security solutions and cutting edge project in the cyber security field. Pierluigi Paganini: I'm Master of Engineering and Chief Information Security Officer for Bit4ID, a company leader in solutions for Identity management, but I'm mainly a fan of the security with a great passion for writing. I consider myself a security evangelist, I strong believe that security is a shared responsibility and I profess every day awareness on cyber threats. It all started with the first game consoles, the Commodore and the ZX Spectrum were systems on which I learned as a child to develop and that I disassembled and mounted at will. I'm security expert with over 20 years of experience in the field and the passion for hacking and a previous engage led me to be a Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led me to found the security blog "Security Affairs". One day I ran into a strange guy, Richard Amores, a man with a great skill in cyber security and we decide to approach together the Deep Web topic. We worked some moths making researches and trying to explore the abyss of the parallel networks. We have decided to write a book to share with the readers our incredible experience ... this is just our first trip, more adventures are coming. Today I continue to write for some major publications in the security field such as Cyber War Zone, Infosec Island, Infocec Institute, The Hacker News and for many other Security magazines and journals.