The Business Blockchain, William Mougayar
The Business Blockchain, William Mougayar
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The Business Blockchain
Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology

Author: William Mougayar, Vitalik Buterin

Narrator: Christopher Grove

Unabridged: 5 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 11/21/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The definitive pioneering blueprint covering the what, why, and how of the blockchain

Blockchains are new technology layers that rewire the Internet and threaten to side-step older legacy constructs and centrally served businesses. At its core, a blockchain injects trust into the network, cutting off some intermediaries from serving that function and disrupting how they operate. Metaphorically, blockchains are the ultimate non-stop computers. Once launched, they never go down, and offer an incredible amount of resiliency.

The Business Blockchain charts new territory in advancing our understanding of the blockchain by unpacking its elements like no other before. William Mougayar anticipates a future that consists of thousands, if not millions of blockchains that will enable not only frictionless value exchange, but also a new flow of value, redefining roles, relationships, power, and governance. In this book, Mougayar makes two other strategic assertions. First, the blockchain has polymorphic characteristics; its application will result in a multiplicity of effects. Second, we shouldn't ask what problems the blockchain solves, because that gives us a narrow view on its potential. Rather, we should imagine new opportunities, and tackle even more ambitious problems that cross organizational, regulatory, and mental boundaries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeanne on October 23, 2016

This is the second book I've read on the blockchain. I like this one far better! My problem with the other book is that it had so much vision that it felt like sci fi. This book feels like nearer future. It describes how we get there. It describes core concepts that exist now. Chapter 1 starts with "......more

Goodreads review by Conrad on October 29, 2017

Blockchain for CEO Dummies. A business-level look at blockchain technology. Intended more for corp C-level (including startups, and a special focus on the financial industry) this is a good book to start envisioning the journey of decentralization and implementation of blockchain tech. If you think......more

Goodreads review by Arno on February 11, 2018

This book is good for those who would like to open the door of blockchain world in “blockchain for dummies” mode. I was one of those, and content was informative/new for me. Mougayar brings up quite nice definition for blockchain: public economic consensus. Blockchain is Trust 2.0, it is the decentr......more

Goodreads review by Leonardo on July 19, 2017

Blockchain 101 basically.......more

Goodreads review by Boukman on March 30, 2023

I just got done reading this on Audible for the first time, 15:57 Thuraday The 30th of March 2023 It was a quick short read, I'll have to relisten to it. I am fasting for ramadan, and I was multitasking a lot while listening to it. They won't over a lot of the pillars of the blockcgain industry.......more