Blockchain hurricane : origins, applications, and future of blockchain and cryptocurrency / Kate Baucherel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baucherel, Kate, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blockchains (Databases).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Business Expert Press, [2020]

Summary:

This book gives business decision makers and students a clear overview of the history, current applications, and future potential of distributed ledgers and cryptocurrency. The hype around blockchain technology is matched only by the innovation it inspires and the skepticism it provokes. This book gives business decision makers and students a clear overview of the history, current applications, and future potential of distributed ledgers and cryptocurrency. It explores strengths and weaknesses, emerging opportunities, and perceived threats. Technical frameworks are presented in a business context to help strategists understand the risks and rewards of different approaches to blockchain implementation, and the decision factors in determining whether this is a viable solution to the problem at hand.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: The Hype and the Hope

Chapter 2: The Long Road to Decentralization

Chapter 3: Magic Internet Money

Chapter 4: That's Not My Tuna

Chapter 5: Digital Cats Will Change the World

Chapter 6: Government, Governance, Data, and You

Chapter 7: Looking to the Future

References

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

paperback ;

ISBN:

9781951527372

1951527372