Blockchain Development with Hyperledger
by Salman A. Baset, Luc Desrosiers, Nitin Gaur, Petr Novotny
Tangible and intangible assets
Let's continue our understanding of assets by considering tangible and intangible assets. Tangible assets are things we can touch and feel—cars, paper money, or coursework. Intangible assets are things such as mortgages, intellectual property rights, insurance policies, and music files. In an increasingly digital world, we're going to see a lot more intangible assets. You'll hear people say that objects are becoming de-materialized, and the idea of an intangible assets nicely captures this concept.
A couple of small points should be noted to avoid confusion on our usage of the word intangible. Firstly, as we're dealing with a digital ledger, in some trivial sense, everything on a blockchain is intangible. What's ...
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