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Title: Blockchain revolution (how the technology behind bitcoin is changing money, business, and the world)

Author(s): Don Tapscott & Alex Tapscott

Year: 2016

Publisher: Portfolio (an imprint of Penguin Random House)

ISBN: 9781101980156

Description:

Blockchain Revolution” by Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott is a comprehensive guide to blockchain technology, its potential impact, and its applications in various industries, including finance, healthcare, and government. The book explores the transformative power of this technology and its role in shaping the future of business and society.

Blockchain, best known as the technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, is an ingeniously simple yet revolutionary protocol. It allows transactions to be simultaneously anonymous and secure by maintaining a tamperproof public ledger of value. Beyond currency, blockchain has the potential to record virtually everything of value to humankind, from birth and death certificates to insurance claims, land titles, and even votes.

The book delves into how blockchain is re-shaping the global economy, improving everything from healthcare records to online voting, and empowering people to sidestep institutional barriers and take control of their future. As with major paradigm shifts that preceded it, blockchain technology will create winners and losers, and this book sheds light on where it can lead us in the next decade and beyond

The blockchain is to trust as the Internet is to information. Like the original Internet, blockchain has potential to transform everything. Read this book and you will understand.