The Business Blockchain: a primer on the Promise, Practice and Application
William Mougayar (Author), Vitalik Buterin (Author)
The definitive pioneering blueprint covering the what, why and how of the blockchain. Blockchains are new technology layers that rewire the Internet and threaten to side-step older legacy constructs and centrally served businesses.
Print Book, English, 2016
John Wiley & Sons, 2016
208 s
9781119300311, 1119300312
1001577711
Foreword vitalik buterin ix Acknowledgments xiv A Personal Preface xvi Introduction xxi 1 What is the Blockchain? 1 2 How Blockchain Trust Infiltrates 29 3 Obstacles, Challenges, & Mental Blocks 61 4 Blockchain in Financial Services 85 5 Lighthouse Industries & New Intermediaries 109 6 Implementing Blockchain Technology 124 7 Decentralization as the Way Forward 147 Epilogue 167 Selected Bibliography 171 Index 173 Additional Resources 177 About the Author 179