How to Get Away with Decentralization

In early 2025, an executive order made Bitcoin a national reserve asset. Hackers stole $1.5 billion from a single exchange in the largest crypto theft in history. The first federal stablecoin law was signed. And most people still can't explain what a blockchain actually does.

This book closes that gap.

How to Get Away with Decentralization is the crypto education nobody else will give you straight - written for smart, curious people who want the real version, not the dumbed-down one. Across twelve chapters, Ellis Ward breaks down Bitcoin, Ethereum, meme coins, DeFi, NFTs, blockchain scaling, decentralized infrastructure, real-world asset tokenization, AI and blockchain, and decentralized science - all updated through early 2026, all sourced, and none of it sugarcoated.

You'll learn how a $200 token swap actually works on a decentralized exchange. How to earn yield on stablecoins through DeFi - and the five ways it can cost you everything. Why the GENIUS Act, MiCA, and Project Crypto are reshaping the regulatory landscape across two continents. What the $1.5 billion Bybit hack reveals about custody and security. And why the app on your phone is already being rebuilt on blockchain rails.

Every chapter ends with sourced receipts. Every claim is datestamped. The book doesn't sell you on crypto - it teaches you how power, money, and risk actually move through decentralized systems, and lets you decide for yourself.

No hype. No disclaimers dressed up as education. Class is in session