Blockchain revolution : how the technology behind bitcoin is changing money, business, and the world / Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott.

By:

Tapscott, Don, 1947- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Tapscott, Alex [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Portfolio / Penguin, [2016]Description: xx, 348 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781101980132 (hbk)
9781101980156 (ebk)
9780399564062 (International edition)

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Blockchain revolutionDDC classification:

332.178 23 TAP

LOC classification:

HG1710 .T385 2016

Summary: The first generation of the digital revolution brought us the Internet of information. The second genera-tion--powered by blockchain technology--is bringing us the Internet of value: a new, distributed platform that can help us reshape the world of business and transform the old order of human affairs for the better. Blockchain is the ingeniously simple, revolution-ary protocol that allows transactions to be simul-taneously anonymous and secure by maintaining a tamperproof public ledger of value. Though it's the technology that drives bitcoin and other digital cur-rencies, the underlying framework has the potential to go far beyond these and record virtually everything of value to humankind, from birth and death certifi-cates to insurance claims and even votes. Why should you care? Maybe you're a music lover who wants artists to make a living off their art. Or a consumer who wants to know where that hamburger meat really came from. Perhaps you're an immigrant who's sick of paying big fees to send money home to loved ones. Or an entrepreneur looking for a new platform to build a business.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-336) and index.

The first generation of the digital revolution brought us the Internet of information. The second genera-tion--powered by blockchain technology--is bringing us the Internet of value: a new, distributed platform that can help us reshape the world of business and transform the old order of human affairs for the better.

Blockchain is the ingeniously simple, revolution-ary protocol that allows transactions to be simul-taneously anonymous and secure by maintaining a tamperproof public ledger of value. Though it's the technology that drives bitcoin and other digital cur-rencies, the underlying framework has the potential to go far beyond these and record virtually everything of value to humankind, from birth and death certifi-cates to insurance claims and even votes.

Why should you care? Maybe you're a music lover who wants artists to make a living off their art. Or a consumer who wants to know where that hamburger meat really came from. Perhaps you're an immigrant who's sick of paying big fees to send money home to loved ones. Or an entrepreneur looking for a new platform to build a business.

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