Blockchain Revolution: How The Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business And The World

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MAJORLY EXPANDED WITH NEW MATERIAL ON CRYPTOASSETS, ICOs, SMART CONTRACTS, DIGITAL IDENTITY AND MOREThe definitive book on how the technology behind bitcoin and cryptocurrency is changing the world.Blockchain is the ingeniously simple technology that powers Bitcoin. But it is much more than that, too. It is a public ledger to which everyone has access, but which no single person controls. It allows for companies and individuals to collaborate with an unprecedented degree of trust and transparency. It is cryptographically secure, but fundamentally open. And soon it will be everywhere.InBlockchain Revolution, Don and Alex Tapscott reveal how this game-changing technology will shape the future of the world economy, dramatically improving everything from healthcare records to online voting, and from insurance claims to artist royalty payments. Brilliantly researched and highly accessible, this is the essential text on the next major paradigm shift. Read it, or be left behind.

About the Author

Don is one of the world’s leading authorities on innovation, media, and the economic and social impact of technology and advises business and government leaders around the world.In 2011 Don was named one of the world's most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50. He has authored or co-authored 14 widely read books including the 1992 best sellerParadigm Shift. His 1995 hitDigital Economychanged thinking around the world about the transformational nature of the Internet and two years later he defined the Net Generation and the “digital divide” inGrowing Up Digital.His 2000 work,Digital Capital, introduced seminal ideas like “the business web” and was described by BusinessWeek as “pure enlightenment."Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everythingwas the best selling management book in 2007 and translated into over 25 languages.The Economist called his newest workMacrowikinomics: New Solutions for a Connected Planeta “Schumpeter-ian story of creative destruction” and the Huffington Post said the book is “nothing less than a game plan to fix a broken world.”Over 30 years he has introduced many ground-breaking concepts that are part of contemporary understanding. His work continues as a the Chairman of Moxie Insight, a member ofWorld Economic Forum, Adjunct Professor of Management for theRotman School of Managementat theUniversity of TorontoandMartin Prosperity Institute Fellow.