August 2022
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
9h 24m
English
In the first part of this book, we describe the context that gives blockchain (please note that throughout this book, we will spell blockchain with a lowercase “b” to stress its mainstreaming) technology its enormous disruptive potential.
It is quite possible that many of you have heard of blockchain through its association with Bitcoin,1 a cryptocurrency, so we start with a brief history of money and describe the complications associated with exchanging money. We then generalize the discussion beyond money to value and explain how value exchange is the driver of our economy. Value exchange between parties requires trust. This trust is inherently absent, and this has resulted in the creation ...
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