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Cryptocurrencies are changing the world. They grant everyday people the power to invest, disrupt the world order and contribute towards a better future. Blockchain is the ingeniously simple technology that powers cryptos. It is a public ledger to which everyone has access, but which no single person or institution controls. It allows for companies and individuals to collaborate with an unprecedented degree of trust and transparency. It is cryptographically secure, but fundamentally open. And it is everywhere. In Blockchain Revolution, Don and Alex Tapscott reveal:
- how this game-changing technology is re-shaping the global economy
- how it is improving everything from healthcare records to online voting
- how people everywhere are using it to side-step institutional barriers and take control of their future
Brilliantly researched and highly accessible, this is the essential text on this major paradigm shift. Read it, or be left behind.
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The Tapscotts have written the book, literally, on how to survive and thrive in this next wave of technology-driven disruption. Likely to become one of the iconic books of our time — Clay Christensen ―
Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School and author of The Innovator’s DilemmaOccasionally a book comes along that changes the global discourse. This is likely to be one of those books. Blockchains are at the heart of the fourth industrial revolution and the Tapscotts lucidly explain why and how to capture the opportunity and avoid dangers — Klaus Schwab ―
founder and executive chairman of the World Economic ForumA carefully researched and beautifully written book.
Blockchain Revolution argues that the ‘Internet of value’ will transform our lives. A must-read for our disruptive times — Dominic Barton ― Global Managing Director at McKinsey & CompanyDon and Alex brilliantly illuminate the technology that could profoundly impact the way we manage issues of trust, security and privacy for years to come — Indra Nooyi ―
Chairman and CEO of PepsiCoThe great missing element in the Internet has been a ‘trust protocol’, a way of knowing that a transaction is verified and authentic. Blockchain technology could provide a foundation for that. It’s a revolutionary idea and this lucid book explains why — Walter Isaacson ―
Author of Steve JobsA masterpiece. Gracefully dissects the potential of blockchain technology to take on today’s most pressing global challenges — Hernando De Soto ―
Economist and President at the Institute for Liberty and Democracy in PeruThe 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 — Joichi Ito ―
Director of MIT Media LabIn this extraordinary journey to the frontiers of finance, the Tapscotts shed new light on the blockchain phenomenon and make a compelling case for why we all need to better understand its power and potential — Dave McKay ―
President and CEO of the Royal Bank of CanadaDeconstructs the promise and peril of the blockchain in a way that is at once accessible and erudite.
Blockchain Revolution gives readers a privileged sneak peak at the future — Alec Ross ― Author of The Industries of the FutureIf ever there was a topic for demystification, blockchain is it. Together, the Tapscotts have achieved this comprehensively and in doing so have captured the excitement, the potential and the importance of this topic to everyone — Blythe Masters ―
CEO of Digital Asset HoldingsThis is a book with the predictive quality of Orwell’s
Nineteen Eighty-Four and the vision of Elon Musk. Read it or become extinct — Tim Draper ― Founder of Draper Associates, DFJ and Draper UniversityBlockchain is a radical technological wave and, as he has done so often, Tapscott is out there, now with son Alex, surfing at dawn. It’s quite a ride — Yochai Benkler ―
Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies, Harvard Law SchoolIf you work in business or government, you need to understand the blockchain revolution. No one has written a more thoroughly researched or engaging book on this topic than Tapscott and Tapscott — Erik Brynjolfsson ―
Professor at MIT and co-author of The Second Machine AgeAn indispensable and up-to-the-minute account of how the technology underlying bitcoin could – and should – unleash the true potential of a digital economy for distributed prosperity — Douglas Rushkoff ―
author of Present Shock and Throwing Rocks at the Google BusTechnological change that used to develop over a generation now hits us in a relative blink of the eye, and no one tells this story better than the Tapscotts — Eric Spiegel ―
President and CEO of Siemens USAFew leaders push us to look around corners the way Don Tapscott does. With
Blockchain Revolution he and his son Alex teach us, challenge us and show us an entirely new way to think about the future — Bill McDermott ― CEO of SAP SE Blockchain Revolution is a brilliant mix of history, technology and sociology that covers all aspects of the blockchain protocol – an invention that in time may prove as momentous as the invention of printing — James Rickards ― author of Currency Wars and The Death of Money Blockchain Revolution serves as an atlas to the world of digital money, masterfully explaining the current landscape while simultaneously illuminating a path forward toward a more equitable, efficient and connected global financial system — Jim Breyer ― CEO of Breyer Capital Blockchain Revolution is the indispensable and definitive guide to this world-changing technology — Jerry Brito ― Executive Director of Coin CenterIncredible. Really incredible. The Tapscotts’ examination of the blockchain as a model for inclusion in an increasingly centralised world is both nuanced and extraordinary — Steve Luczo ―
Chairman and CEO of Seagate TechnologyMakes a powerful case for blockchain’s ability to increase transparency but also ensure privacy. In the authors’ words ‘The Internet of Things needs a Ledger of Things’ — Chandra Chandrasekaran ―
CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy ServicesThe epicentre of trust is about to diffuse! The definitive narrative on the revolutionary possibilities of a decentralised trust system — Frank D’Souza ―
CEO of CognizantIdentifies a profound new technology movement and connects it to the deepest of human needs: trust. Thoroughly researched and provocatively written. Every serious businessperson and policy maker needs to read
Blockchain Revolution — Brian Fetherstonehaugh ― Chairman and CEo of OgilvyOne WorldwideThis book has had an enormous impact on the evolution of blockchain in the world — Satya Nadella ―
CEO, Microsoft Corporation A thorough, balanced and enlightening guide to the next big thing. — John Gapper ― Financial TimesThe Tapscotts have written the book, literally, on how to survive and thrive in this next wave of technology-driven disruption.
Likely to become one of the iconic books of our time. — Clay Christensen, Harvard Business School What a spectacular book. Mind-blowing in its expansiveness and profundity. It makes me think we’re at one of those times in technology, economic and social history where the sky is the limit. — Steve Wozniak, co-founder of AppleThe blockchain is
one of the most fundamental inventions in the history of computer science. Read Blockchain Revolution to understand its profound implications. — Marc Andreessen, co-founder, Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz Blockchain Revolution is a highly readable introduction to a bamboozling but increasingly important field ― GuardianOccasionally a book comes along that
changes the global discourse. This is likely to be one of those books. Blockchains are at the heart of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Tapscotts lucidly explain why and how to capture the opportunity and avoid the dangers. — Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic ForumA c
arefully researched and beautifully written book. Blockchain Revolution argues that the “internet of value” will transform our lives. A must-read book for our disruptive times. — Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & CompanyDon and Alex brilliantly illuminate the technology that could profoundly impact the way we manage issues of trust, security and privacy for years to come. — Indra Nooyi, Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo
The great missing element in the Internet has been a “trust protocol”, a way of knowing that a transaction is verified and authentic. Blockchain technology could provide a foundation for that. It’s a revolutionary idea, and this lucid book explains why. — Walter Isaacson, Author of The Innovators and President and CEO of the Aspen Institute
In clear, engaging prose, this richly sourced book overflows with entertaining examples of how blockchain could enhance our lives ―
Oxford EconomicsAbout the Author
Don Tapscott
Don Tapscott is one of the most influential living theorists about business and society. He is the author or co-author of 15 widely read books about new technologies and new media in business and society.
Alex Tapscott
Alex Tapscott is a Chartered Financial Analyst, working in New York and Toronto as Vice President of Institutional Equities, at the investment bank Canaccord Genuity. He is the author of Towards the Breaking Point: The Law and Political Emergency.
Kindle Customer –
Brilliant book, well explained concepts and some fantastic real life examples. On how the Blockchain can be integrated into society
Black Kiwi Event –
This is THE book to read for an early conceptual understanding of the potential of this incredible leap in human organisation. Such an exciting time for the world. Here is a developed idea that can reset stagnant/decaying political, social and economic systems. It is not just Bitcoin. Once people realise what we are dealing with it will, for example, change the nature of political delineation. Who knows where this ends? The authoritarian left and libertarian far right may well end up embracing each other as both their high-level objectives have been met. Great book, well written.
Blue day –
It’s an ok book, but can’t say I was enthusiastic. It does a good job of covering current developments around blockchain, but it doesn’t develop a powerful vision. Some of the chapters, like the one on IoT, seem to mix the narrative on blockchain with that of other technologies.
icemeister –
Deeply frustrating … lot’s of breathless vision about what a blockchain future might look like without any substance as to how. I have a rough idea as to how blockchain technology works and was keen to fill in the gaps with this book. What I got was a growing sense of irritation at the endless flow of flow of excited claim after excited claim without any real foundations. My summary of the book is: “Let’s assume blockchain will change the world, if we do that … then look, blockchain changes the world!” These guys have been working on blockchain, and with people at the heart of the blockchain disruption for a few years it seems. I’m surprised they published such a lightweight book.
Konstantin Sofeikov –
The book is extremely repetitive. The very same idea is being repeated in a slightly different wording from page to page.Would only recommend as a non technical reading.For technical details of blockchain try something else
Amazon Customer –
Almost all claims in the book are just guessing and theories, no hard data or specific on ROI of blockchain projects has been provided.Also a lot of unfounded claims not related to blockchain (e.g. women rights, etc…). I would call the ideas in the book at least dangerous, it gives impression of new religious movement than real scientific understanding of blockchain impact on society.
Amazon Customer –
This book is light on information but heavy on words. The authors claim (reasonably) that they can’t predict the future and then spend most of the book attempting to do so. A more rigorous and less evangelical approach would have been useful.
J –
A superficial and overly verbose description of speculative uses for blockchain which the authors often conflate with other unrelated technologies. Overall, this book reads like the Tapscotts didn’t really grasp the fundamentals of the technology and instead decided to pad the text out with extended quotes from others. This is a book that breathlessly explores the uses of a technology that the authors didn’t understand – take that as you will.
Abdulellah Alsaheel –
Pleasant to read
It’s a nice read. The author has done a good job cultivating the blockchain status quo and future aspirations. However, the book’s second half can benefit from some trimming; there are some repetitions of ideas and too much wordy text.I also wish the book could be extended to include cyber-attacks in the crypto field, some drilling on crypto legalities, and a roadmap for friendly legal ways for crypto startup founders, as I am sure many of them have read this book. After all, I shouldn’t expect that one book to cover it all, but these are suggestions. Thanks.
Christophe CARRÉ –
Au delà du BitCoin
Sortir de la vision étroite des pseudo spécialistes