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The Truth Machine The Blockchain And The Future Of Everything
Paperback Edition: 1
From the authors of the fascinating The Age of Cryptocurrency, comes the definitive work on the Internets next big thing: the blockchain.
Many of the legacy systems once designed to make our lives easier and our economy more efficient are no longer up to the task; big banks have grown more entrenched, privacy exists only until the next hack, and credit card fraud has become a fact of life. However, there is a way past all this - a new kind of operating system with the potential to revolutionise our economy: the blockchain.
In The Truth Machine, Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna demystify the blockchain and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities; grant billions of excluded people access to the global economy; and shift the balance of power to revive societys faith in itself. They reveal the empowerment possible when self-interested middlemen give way to the transparency of the blockchain, while highlighting the job losses, assertion of special interests, and threat to social cohesion that will accompany this shift. With a balanced perspective, Casey and Vigna show why we all must care about the path that blockchain technology takes - moving humanity forward, not backward.
Pages : 302
Publisher : Harper Collins
Publication date : 2018-07-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Business / Law, Lifestyle, Sport And Leisure