Blockchain Revolution

Posted on 08 November 2018 by Don Tapscott

The first book to explain why blockchain technology will fundamentally change the Internet, what it does, and how we use itOver the past 30 years, no theorist of the digital age has better explained the next big thing than Don Tapscott For example, inWikinomics, Tapscott was the first to show how the Internet provides the first global platform for mass collaboration Now, he writes about a profound technological shift that will change how the world does business and everything else using blockchain technology, which powers the digital currency Bitcoin The Internet as we know it is great for collaboration and communication, but is deeply flawed when it comes to commerce and privacy The new blockchain technology facilitates peer to peer transactions without any intermediary such as a bank or governing body Keeping the user s information anonymous, the blockchain validates and keeps a permanent public record of all transactions That means that your personal information is private and secure, while all activity is transparent and incorruptible reconciled by mass collaboration and stored in code on a digital ledger With its advent, we will not need to trust one another in the traditional sense, because trust is built into the system itself Although many opportunities for the blockchain require a digital currency, Bitcoin is only one application of this great innovation in computer science The blockchain can hold any legal document, from deeds and marriage licences to educational degrees and birth certificates Call it the World Wide Ledger It enables smart contracts, decentralized autonomous organizations, decentralized government services, and transactions among things The Internet of Everything needs a Ledger of Everything the blockchain is a truly open, distributed, global platform that fundamentally changes what we can do online, how we do it, and who can participate Tapscott, writing with his son Alex, a financial analyst and technologist, argues that the blockchain will shape the next era of prosperity in finance, business, healthcare, education, governance, and beyond. Best Read Blockchain Revolution [ By ] Don Tapscott [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I should have known what I was getting myself into, having made an attempt to read Wikinomics by the same author before, and equally not being able to finish it Blockchain Revolution is a wordy, inflated, largely uncritical praise of blockchain technology and how it s here to solve mankind s problems The irritating thing is despite it being so adamant about the superiority of the blockchain, I found the book to be unconvincing, full of hollow, superficial arguments and a good portion of wishf I should have known what I was getting myself into, having made an attempt to read Wikinomics by the same author before, and equally not being able to finish it Blockchain Revolution is a wordy, inflated, largely uncritical praise of blockchain technology and how it s here to solve mankind s problems The irritating thing is despite it being so adamant about the superiority of the blockchain, I found the book to be unconvincing, full of hollow, superficial arguments and a good portion of wishful thinking As an engineer, I m excited about the prospects of blockchain technology myself, but I expected a critical analysis...I did not finish this book What I read, and what I saw by skimming through the book, is an enthusiastic promotion of the IDEA of blockchains The book lacked specific information as to exactly how blockchains are constructed and how they facilitate Bitcoin transactions M...There are very few books that I start and don t finish and this is one of them My problem with the book is that I don t think the authors understand the subject Blockchain They talk in analogies and don t actually tell you what...I skipped large chunks of this book because there s only so much breathless, exuberant techno utopianism that one can stomach What I hoped to read was a, perhaps somewhat enthusiastic description of what blockchains are, what experimentation has already happened, and what s currently being t...A prime example of muddy reasoning by analogy.This book promised a lot, but eventually delivered very less I bought the book to get a hang of this new and exciting technology and how it can revolutionize the business world, but this books leaves a lot to be desired There are hardly any discussions about how the technology is going to work in the real physical world Everything in this book is like sandcastles in the air, a beautiful image in mind but nothing in concrete to be made use of This book did a good job giving an overview of the This book promised a lot, but eventually delivered very less I bought the book to get a hang of this new and exciting technology and how it can revolutionize the business world, but this books leaves a lot to be desired There are hardly any discussions about how the technology is going to work in the real physical world Everything in this book is like sandcastles in the air, a beautiful image in mind but nothing in concrete ...Reading this book reminded me a lot of a famous cartoon by Sidney Harris that was originally run in the American Scientist two men are looking at a blackboard with complex equations in the upper left and lower right corners, and one of the men is pointing in the middle where it says THEN A MIRACLE OCCURS the text below is I think you should beexplicit here in step two This book is full of wonderful things that the blockchain will bring us, but it doesn t explain how any of them will a Reading this book reminded me a lot of a famous cartoon by Sidney Harris that was originally run in the American Scientist two men are looking at a blackboard with complex equations in the upper left and lower right corners, and one of the men is pointing in the middle where it says THEN A MIRACLE OCCURS the text below is I think you should beexplicit here in step two This book is full of wonderful things that the blockchain will bring us, but it doesn t explain how any of them will actually work Worse, a lot of the things referenced in the book are from interviews and emails, which is understandable with such a new field, but makes it nearly impossible to check the authors work And the few times that they do try to explain technical matters, it doesn t go well.This book looks at blockchain technology through definitely rose colored glasses, although it avoids being as overheated as Blockchain Blueprint...This book is a must read to understand and have ideas on all the promises of the Blockchain Technology and what is already being done today with it Part 1 focus on explaining the tech behind BlockChain and its design principles, specially related to the new Dapps Decentralized applications Part 2 is focused on core industries and ares where the blockchain will create disruptions I liked a lot chapter 5 on new business models and chapter 6 on the synergies of Blockchain and the Internet of Th This book is a must read to understand and have ideas on all the promises of the Blockchain Technology and what is already being done today with it Part 1 focus on explaining the tech behind Blo...I think the promises of blockchain and the hype surrounding it way outpaces the technology I think the book is interesting in laying out what could happen, but it s a bit overly simplistic too much cheerleading and not enough critical analysis There are better books out there about blockchain and better books about the transformational possibilities of technology Blockchain is probably the future, but you can easily grasp that from a TED talk instead of reading this long book about every pos I think the promises of blockchain and the hype surrounding it way outpaces the technology I think the book is interesting in laying out what could happen, but it s a bit overly simplistic too much cheerleading and not enough critical analysis There are better books out there about blockchain and better books about the transformational possibilities of technology Blockchain is probably the future, but you can easily grasp...Um livro legal sobre como funciona a blockchain e suas poss veis aplica es Come a com a explica o mais clara do que minerar que j li e segue dando uma perspectiva legal de futuros usos da blockchain e criptomoedas que exploram novas possibilidades.A parte chata que os autores realmente beberam o Kool aid da blockchai...

08 November 2018

Don Tapscott