Blockchain

TOC: Section 1 Understanding blockchain-- 1. The truth about blockchain-- 2. A brief history of blockchain-- 3. The blockchain will do to the financial system qhat the Internet did to media-- 4. Who controls the Blockchain?-- 5. How safe are blockchains? It depends-- 6. What Blockchain can't do-- Section 2 Blockchain and business-- 7. How blockchain is changing finance-- 8. As cryptocurrencies rise, who needs banks?-- 9. Global supply chains are about to get better, thanks to blockchain-- 10. What blockchain means for the sharing economy-- 11. How blockchain can help marketers build better relationships with their customers-- 12. Blockchain could help artists profit more from their creative works-- Section 3 The future of blockchain-- 13. Does your idea actually require blockchain?-- 14. How regulation could help cryptocurrencies grow-- 15. Using blockchain to keep public data public-- 16. Blockchain will help us prove our identities in a digital world-- 17. Making cryptocurrency more environmentally sustainable-- Index--

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