Название: Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy Автор: Melanie Swan Издательство: O'Reilly Media Год: 2015 ISBN: 9781491920497 Формат: epub Страниц: 152 Размер: 20,8 mb Язык: English
Author Melanie Swan, Founder of the Institute for Blockchain Studies, explains that the blockchain is essentially a public ledger with potential as a worldwide, decentralized record for the registration, inventory, and transfer of all assets—not just finances, but property and intangible assets such as votes, software, health data, and ideas.
Topics include:
• Concepts, features, and functionality of Bitcoin and the blockchain • Using the blockchain for automated tracking of all digital endeavors • Enabling censorship?resistant organizational models • Creating a decentralized digital repository to verify identity • Possibility of cheaper, more efficient services traditionally provided by nations • Blockchain for science: making better use of the data-mining network • Personal health record storage, including access to one’s own genomic data • Open access academic publishing on the blockchain