Publisher's Synopsis
Blockchain Technology Bitcoin is the gold in the digital world and its own digital currency, but the blockchain technology behind it could prove to be much more significant. This book takes you beyond Bitcoin & other currencies ("Blockchain 1.0") and smart contracts ("Blockchain 2.0") to show you how the blockchain is lined up to become the next disruptive technology after punched cards, PCs, the Internet, and mobile/social networks.
Theodor Maximilian Mittler, Founder of multiple blockchain startups, explains that the blockchain is essentially a decentralised database with potential as a worldwide, digital record for the registration, inventory, and transfer of all assets. Finances and property are not the only ones to be handled digitally - intangible assets such as software, car data, health data, ideas and even public votes can be handled on a blockchain.
In this book you will learn:
- Concepts, features, and functionality of Bitcoin and the blockchain
- Mining operations / What it means to "mine" a Bitcoin
- Myths around Bitcoin
- Alternative Cryptocurrencies
- Coins vs. Tokens
- What do our Bosses think?
- Example of a Blockchain Company: carData
- Initial Coin Offerings (ICO's) and Whitepapers
- Criticism against Crypto
- "Key" to success / Future of Blockchain
