Description
| Product ID: | 9780008301774 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Truth Machine |
| Subtitle: | The Blockchain and the Future of Everything |
| Authors: | Author: Michael J. Casey, Paul Vigna |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Economics, Economics, Banking, Business innovation, E-commerce: business aspects, Business mathematics and systems, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects, Distributed databases, Privacy and data protection, Data encryption, Banking, Business innovation, E-commerce: business aspects, Business mathematics & systems, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Distributed databases, Privacy & data protection, Data encryption |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From the authors of the fascinating The Age of Cryptocurrency, comes the definitive work on the Internet’s next big thing: the blockchain. From the authors of the fascinating The Age of Cryptocurrency, comes the definitive work on the Internet’s next big thing: the blockchain.Many of the ‘legacy systems’ once designed to make our lives easier and our economy more efficient are no longer up to the task; big banks have grown more entrenched, privacy exists only until the next hack, and credit card fraud has become a fact of life. However, there is a way past all this―a new kind of operating system with the potential to revolutionise our economy: the blockchain.In The Truth Machine, Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna demystify the blockchain and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities; grant billions of excluded people access to the global economy; and shift the balance of power to revive society’s faith in itself. They reveal the empowerment possible when self-interested middlemen give way to the transparency of the blockchain, while highlighting the job losses, assertion of special interests, and threat to social cohesion that will accompany this shift. With a balanced perspective, Casey and Vigna show why we all must care about the path that blockchain technology takes―moving humanity forward, not backward. |
| Imprint Name: | HarperCollins |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-03-22 |