About the Author
Tiana Laurence is an author, investor, technologist, and teacher. She is passionate about ensuring that women have a voice in the future of technology. Tiana cofounded the first enterprise blockchain company that built data integrity software for the Department of Homeland Security and identity software for the Gates Foundation. She has spoken at the National Institute for Science and Technology, the Federal Reserve, the World Economic Forum, and numerous banks, insurance companies, and Fortune 500 companies about the impact of blockchain technology, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), Web 3.0 marketing innovations, and tokenized assets. She is also the author of NFTs For Dummies (Wiley) and Introduction to Blockchain Technology (Van Haren Publishing), which is used in Europe for blockchain certification. Tiana also teaches fintech at Santa Clara University. Tiana is also a frequent contributor to Forbes. You can follow her on Twitter at @laurencetiana.
Dedication
This one is for my sisters. Thank you for all the support and encouragement you gave me as I was writing this book.
Author’s Acknowledgments
This book is the product of many people’s ideas and work. It would not have been possible without the open and supportive blockchain and cryptocurrency world. I’d like to specifically thank Scott Robinson, John Pigott, Ryan Fugger, Charley Cooper, Alyse Killeen, Jeremy Kandah, Clemens Wan, Greg Wallace, Tom Bollich, and Brian Behlendorf for the direction and guidance in the evolving blockchain space and for taking time out of their busy lives to review and sanity-check my work.
This book also took a lot of editing. I’m not kidding — it really took a lot of editing. My project editor, Elizabeth Kuball, did a great job keeping me on task and on schedule, and Steve Hayes, my executive editor, made the whole book possible. I’d also like to thank Danny Yang for his thorough technical review and excellent suggestions and all the other behind-the-scenes people, who did thankless jobs to bring this book about. I’m forever in their debt.
Publisher’s Acknowledgments
Executive Editor: Steve Hayes
Development Editor: Elizabeth Kuball
Copy Editor: Elizabeth Kuball
Technical Editor: Danny Yang
Production Editor: Mohammed Zafar Ali
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