This book focuses on the values of blockchain across industries. If you think that blockchain is everything you don’t understand about technology, finance, and law mixed together, then this book will help you appreciate its value more clearly. While it is a complex technology that is still largely experimental today, it will be transformative in the future. This book focuses on the values of blockchain across industries. Among other things, it explores how blockchain technology adds value to data management, security, and sharing as well as ownership, property, collaboration, and trust. It also explores the possibilities of the Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS), digital goods or dGoods, and the transformative power of small acts and micropayments.
Table of Contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Praise for Blockchain Value
- Description
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Stumbling upon Digital Gold: Tapping into Data’s Potential for Management, Security, and Sharing
- Chapter 2 Blockchain-as-a-Service: A Tale of Many Giants in a Crowded Room
- Chapter 3 dGoods: Ownership and Assets Redefined
- Chapter 4 You, Yourself, and Your Stuff
- Chapter 5 The Power of Teamwork: How Blockchain Can Change the Virtual World through Collaboration and Open-Source Software
- Chapter 6 The Value of Trust: How Much Is Peace of Mind Worth?
- Chapter 7 Blockchain’s Butterfly Effect: How Small, Efficient Payments Can Add Up and Make a Big Difference
- Conclusion
- About the Author
- Index
- Advertisement Page
- Back Cover