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The technology more likely to have the greatest impact on the future of the world market has arrived, and it's really not self-driving cars, solar technology, or artificial cleverness. It's called the blockchain. The first generation of the digital revolution brought us the Internet of information. The next generation - driven by blockchain technology - is delivering us the Internet of value: a new, distributed platform that can help us reshape the business world and convert the old order of human being affairs for the better. Blockchain is the ingeniously simple, revolutionary protocol that allows deals to be concurrently private and secure by retaining a tamperproof general public ledger of value. Though it is the technology that drives bitcoin and other digital currencies, the underlying framework gets the potential to go significantly beyond these and record practically everything of value to humankind, from birth and death certificates to insurance says and even votes. Thinking about care? Maybe you're a music fan who wants musicians and artists to produce a living off their artwork. Or possibly a consumer who wants to know where that hamburger meats really originated from. Perhaps you're an immigrant who's fed up with paying big fees to send money home to loved ones. Or a business owner buying a new system to create a business. And those good examples are barely the tip of the iceberg. This technology is general public, encrypted, and readily available for anyone to use. It's already experiencing widespread adoption in a number of areas. For example, forty-two (and counting) of the world's biggest financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Credit Suisse, have produced a consortium to investigate the blockchain for speedier and more secure transactions. Much like major paradigm shifts that preceded it, the blockchain will generate winners and losers. And while opportunities abound, the potential risks of disruption and dislocation must not be ignored. Don Tapscott, the bestselling writer of Wikinomics, and his kid, blockchain expert Alex Tapscott, bring us a brilliantly researched, highly listenable, and utterly foundational reserve about the future of the modern market. Blockchain Revolution is the business leaders' playbook for the next 10 years and beyond.
