Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World

It makes me think we’re at one of those times in technological, economic, and social history where the sky is the limit.” —Steve Wozniak, cofounder, Apple Computer and chief scientist, Prime Data“The Tapscotts provide a thorough, balanced and enlightening guide to the next big thing.”—Financial Times“Father and son duo, Don and Alex Tapscott, have impeccable timing.”– Forbes Magazine “The Tapscotts’ make the bulls’ case in clear and compelling terms.” – Fo

For example, forty-two (and counting) of the world’s biggest financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Credit Suisse, have formed a consortium to investigate the blockchain for speedier and more secure transactions.As with major paradigm shifts that preceded it, the blockchain will create winners and losers. Or an entrepreneur looking for a new platform to build a business.And those examples are barely the tip of the iceberg. And while opportunities abound, the risks of disruption and dislocation must not be ignored.Don Tapscott, the bestselling author of Wikinomics, and his son, blockchain expert Alex Tapscott, bring us a brilliantly researched, highly readable, and utterly foundational book about the future of the modern economy. The second generation—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, revolutionary protocol that allows transactions to be simultaneously anonymous and secure by maintaining a tamperproof public ledger of value. This technology is public, encrypted, and readily available for anyone to use. It’s already seeing widespread adoption in a number of areas. Or a consumer who wants to know where that hamburger meat re

He is currently the fourth most influential management thinker in the world, according to Thinkers 50. He is an adjunct professor at the Joseph L. Don Tapscott is the CEO of the Tapscott Group and the bestselling author of Wikinomics, The Digital Economy, and a dozen other acclaimed books about technology, business, and society. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toro

Mostly harmless Peter L An interesting read, but for the most part a harried chronicling of people and trends (mostly people) in a hyper dynamic space. A lot of Nobel laureate name dropping (to which, to their credit, they admit!). Has the feel of someone trying to get a book out there to take advantage of the thirst for new insight. Some good brain candy.Would have expected a better "primer" on how block chain actually works. Given the audience this tome. Dan said A great "vision" book for understanding what blockchain technologies can do. This is a great "vision" book for understanding what blockchain technologies (shared immutable ledgers, smart contracts, cryptocurrencies, etc.) can do for us as a society. The authors cover reinventing business, governments, commerce, etc. very well via blockchain-enabled efforts. The discussions are deep enough to be genuinely thought-provoking.Be aware that the book does approach the problems from a very liberal perspective. We'. This book is focused on the potential applications and implications This book is focused on the potential applications and implications of blockchain. It doesn't spend much time on the implementation or technology behind it.