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Blockchain: The Next Everything

Gebonden Engels 2019 1e druk 9781471184222
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The perfect book for everybody who's either never heard of Blockchain or simply wants to know more about the technology which is about to transform the world we live in for the better.

What is blockchain? Why does everyone from tech experts to business moguls to philanthropists believe it is a paradigm-shifting technology, bound to revolutionize society as significantly as the internet? Indeed, why is blockchain touted as The Next Everything?

In this deft, fascinating, and easy-to-digest introduction to one of the most important innovations of recent times, Stephen P. Williams answers these questions, revealing how cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are just one example among dozens of transformative applications that this relatively new technology makes possible. He interprets the complexity into digestible anecdotes, metaphors, and straightforward descriptions for readers who don’t know tech, and explains all of blockchain’s most important aspects: why this so-called digital ledger is unhackable and unchangeable; how its distributed nature may transfer power from central entities like banks, government, and corporations to ordinary citizens around the world; and what its widespread use will mean for society as a whole.

Taking us on a dazzlingly vivid tour through the systems predicted to soon underpin economics, politics, global trade, science, art, and numerous other aspects of our everyday lives, Blockchain: The Next Everything is a truly extraordinary journey into our future.

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ISBN13:9781471184222
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:200
Druk:1
Verschijningsdatum:21-3-2019
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Over Stephen Williams

Stephen P. Williams schreef voor onder meer The New York Times, GQ en Newsweek. Hij heeft een MBA in duurzaamheid van Bard University, New York. In 2015 richtte hij MOR op, een bedrijf dat sociaal ondernemers helpt duurzamer te produceren.

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Introduction

1 Experiencing Blockchain
What is Blockchain?
What Blockchain does
Ship not seen
Embracing distributed systems

2 How it works
The chains
The trust OS

3 Money and creation
The person behind Blockchain
The meaning of money

4 The thrill of the new
Stacks of apps called Dapps
Hunting unicorns
Self-sovereign
The new, new world
Next

Acknowledgments
Further reading

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