Blockchain revolution
by Don Tapscott · first published 2016
67% recommend22% neutral11% critical
Why HN recommends it
Offers a broad, non-technical overview of blockchain beyond cryptocurrency, covering business and societal applications. It serves as a conceptual starting point for newcomers to the space.
Summarised by Claude from recommending comments
The Internet as we know it is great for collaboration and communication, but is deeply flawed when it comes to commerce and privacy. The new blockchain technology facilitates peer-to-peer transactions without any intermediary such as a bank or governing body. Keeping the user's information anonymous, the blockchain validates and keeps a permanent public record of all transactions. That means that your personal information is private and secure, while all activity is transparent and incorruptible--reconciled by mass collaboration and stored in code on a digital ledger. With its advent, we will
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on “There’s No Fire Alarm for Artificial General Intelligence (2017)” ↗…thst. I think they baffle non-technical people with words like “decentralised”, and “cryptographic signature” and polish it nicely until people believe in them. Just try reading Alex Tapscott’s book “The blockchain revolution”. I think it is snake oil. The emperor’s new blockchain.
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on “Show HN: I've compiled a list of books on cryptocurrencies” ↗Okay, I'll give you a practical example. Here is an excerpt from the book Blockchain Revolution. "bAIRBNB VERSUS AIRBNB bAirbnb is a distributed application (DApp), a set of smart contracts that stores data on a home-listings blockchain. The bAirbnb app has an elegant interface: owners can upload…
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