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Blockchain for Business

by Jai Singh Arun, Jerry Cuomo, Nitin Gaur

March 2019

Intermediate to advanced

230 pages

5h 25m

English

Addison-Wesley Professional

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Who Is This Book For?What Is Covered in This Book?

Blockchain BeliefsEnterprise BlockchainWhy Blockchain MattersThe TrailblazersBlockchain for GoodBlockchain Questions from Business and Technology LeadersChapter SummaryReferences
Disruptive ElementsOpportunitiesChallengesChapter SummaryReferences
Blockchain: A Technical PerspectiveBlockchain for EnterprisesEssential Maturity Imperatives for Enterprise BlockchainToken RevolutionUnderstanding Digital Asset (Token) Fungibility: Opportunities and Challenges Related to Token Valuation and Blockchain EcosystemsConsiderations for Meaningful and Sustainable Blockchain-Powered Business NetworksChapter SummaryReferences
Path to Blockchain Enterprise Adoption: A Prescriptive ApproachBusiness Modeling and DesignChapter Summary
Governance Structure and LandscapeSCTrustNetChapter Summary
Enterprise Structures in a Decentralized EconomyRoles of an Enterprise in a Blockchain NetworkBuilding an Effective TeamIntraprise SynergyAn Example of a Blockchain Project TeamChapter Summary
Understanding Blockchain Project Financial FundamentalsBlockchain Investment RubricReturn on Investment ModelingRisk ModelingChapter SummaryReferences
The Network of NetworksBlockchain at the Nexus of TechnologyBlockchain Opportunities and Challenges: What Lies Ahead?Overall SummaryReferences

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8 Looking Ahead: What Does the Future Hold?

Blockchain is here … for good.

—Jerry Cuomo

Reading up to this point, we hope you are eager to help your organization become a blockchain business. With blockchain, we can reimagine many of the world’s most fundamental business processes and open the door to new styles of digital interactions that we have yet to imagine. Today, blockchain is fulfilling its potential of vastly reducing the cost and complexity of getting things done across industries and government. Blockchain is certainly here for good. The term “for good” has a double meaning: It implies that blockchain is not a passing fad, and it suggests that blockchain is providing a foundation of trust that is delivering a social good—namely, ...