The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything

CASEY andPAUL VIGNA are co-authors of The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money are Challenging the Global Economic Order. Casey is a senior advisor at MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative, and a partner in Agentic Group. He is a former Wall Street Journal columnist and has a

In The Truth Machine, Michael J. With the same balanced perspective they brought to The Age of Cryptocurrency, Casey and Vigna show why we all must care about the path that blockchain technology takesmoving humanity forward, not backward.. 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 society’s faith in itself. Credit card fraud is a fact of life. Many of the “legacy systems” once designed to make our lives easier and our economy more efficient are no longer up to the task. They reveal the disruption it promises for industries including finance, tech,

He is a former Wall Street Journal columnist and has authored three other books. About the Author MICHAEL J. Vigna is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal.. Casey is a senior advisor at MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative, and a partner in Agentic Group. CASEY andPAUL VIGNA are co-authors of The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money are Challenging the Global Economic Order