Name: Blockchain revolution
ISBN: 9781101980132

Blockchain revolution

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 each other in the traditional sense, because trust is built into the system itself.

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vhpoetJul 2020

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satvikpendemJun 2020

The book Blockchain Revolution covers this well. It postulates a decentralized autonomous organization (a bot, basically) that controls its money and can trade with other bots via smart contracts in cryptocurrency and self improve via machine learning. Its goal is to maximize profit, which it can do in various ways, both savory and unsavory to the human race.

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aphextimAug 2019

Blockchain Revolution by Don Tapscott, Alex Tapscott (Author)was on of my favorite when starting to learn about this space.

Not super high level in terms of learning to program your own stuff, however it was quite informative.

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johnstoreyDec 2018

I read alot on Kindle Unlimited, but mostly it's garbage. Fills the time while waiting in lines. My better quality reading is on Audible as I have one of those long Silicon Valley commutes each day.

I'm sure 10s of books, or more, passed my eyes this using Kindle Unlimited. Most are mind candy that pass odd moments of time. Two books caused me to rethink how I work and actually take notes with time to stop, reflect on how it applies to my world. They are:

_High Output Management_ by Andy Grove (from 1983!) _The Phoenix Project_

These have led to spirited discussions with the two co-founders of the startup where I work, and eventually to changes in process. There are some clashes, but logical ones, between the Scrum and Kanban approaches that are hot now and some ideas here. Mostly it's another way to think about the same core issues -- another tool in the toolbox.

Also, as time allows I am slowing going through _Blockchain Revolution_ by Don & Alex Tapscott. I'm a few years late on this one, but loving the updated 2018 version.

I've also enjoyed numerous offerings from Audible, especially:

_The Addictive Brain_, a Great Courses series of lectures. An overview of current thinking; dopamine does not play the role I thought it did in addiction.

_How Emotions are Made_, by Lisa Feldman Barret. The end of the book seems to be her preaching her political views with the theories she develops in the first 75% of the book. Her thinking and information is so excellent that it's worth putting up with her moralizing towards the end. Completely fascinating research by a top rate mind.

_The Girl with All the Gifts_, by M. R. Carey. Why did no one ever tell me this was a zombie story? Excellent!

_Unfu*k Yourself_, by Gary John Bishop. Offensive title; great book. Advice is dead on, if not new. People need to review a book like this once every year, and the narrator has the right voice for it.

_Judges for You_, by Timothy Keller. I used to really study the Bible; now I rarely get in deep. Keller always has something to say that's worth hearing.

_Elon Musk_, by Aslee Vance. Hate or love him, he's a major factor in moving human civilization forward in what I think are good ways. The wife and I got a few lively conversations while listening to this book.

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technofireJul 2017

O'Reilly just published an updated edition of their bestseller on Bitcoin technology, "Mastering Bitcoin," earlier this month.[1]

For a more general/conceptual understanding of blockchain technology and its applications, including non-cryptocurrency applications, "Blockchain Revolution" is a good read.[2]

[1] Mastering Bitcoin http://amzn.to/2uewdK9

[2] Blockchain Revolution http://amzn.to/2vniXSf

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tai_hnMay 2017

I find these three books entertaining.

[Blockchain Revolution by Don Tapscott, Alex Tapscott](https://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Revolution-Technology-Chan...) [The Business Blockchain by William Mougayar](https://www.amazon.com/Business-Blockchain-Practice-Applicat...) [Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper](https://www.amazon.co.jp/Digital-Gold-Bitcoin-Millionaires-R...)

If you want to dig deeper, read [Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopoulos](https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-C...).

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