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Mastering Blockchain
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Mastering Blockchain

by Imran Bashir
March 2017
Intermediate to advanced
540 pages
12h 13m
English
Packt Publishing
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Decentralized autonomous societies

Decentralized autonomous societies (DASs) are a concept whereby entire societies can function on a blockchain with the help of multiple complex smart contracts and a combination of DAOs and Decentralized applications (DAPPs) running autonomously. This model does not mean an outlaw approach, nor is it based on a totally libertarian ideology; instead, many services that a government offers can be delivered via blockchain, such as Government Identity Card systems, passport issuance, and records of deeds, marriages, and births. Another theory is that, if a government is corrupt and central systems do not provide the satisfactory levels of trust that a society needs, then the society can start its own virtual society ...

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