Unlock the Future of Bitcoin, Blockchains, and Cryptocurrencies: Exploring the Blockchain Revolution

Harsh Saraogi: The book covers interesting concepts related to blockchain technology. Fun and easy to understand even for a layman.

India on Sep 21, 2023

A Paul Griffin: Sensible! Understandable! I've worked developing and managing information systems for a few decades, so I've seen some changes and certainly some excess hype. I was looking for a book that would provide an overview of blockchain technology and its applications while providing a little depth and good perspective. Some other titles I sampled seemed intent on hyping the hype, bringing me into the revolution, selling me on this institution busting culture shifting replacement for money that will cure all economic ills. Other titles appeared focused on technology, which is fine (I'll probably go there next), but I wanted broader perspective to start. "Bubble or Revolution" got me oriented providing examples of applications (and misapplications) grounded in a real world context. Business and economic concepts are explained along with the technology so readers can follow the discussion and appreciate conclusions. The facts are well stated (and well documented) and opinions are laid out nicely. Yes, blockchain is definitely a significant development (worthy of some hype), and there will be exciting applications in the future. This book should help readers better recognize progress and...

United States on Aug 29, 2023

Rasmus: Well written, good structure and good considerations

Germany on Aug 12, 2023

Robert K. Ferguson: Very interesting and useful information.

United States on Jun 29, 2023

Ayan IbrahimAyan Ibrahim: This is my first book of cryptocurrency and blockchain that I read so far I learned many things and so exciting about it.

United States on Jun 23, 2023

Jonathan D.: "Bubble or Revolution" takes you on a journey from past currencies to present. It breaks down the pros and cons of these currencies and how blockchain and cryptocurrencies present an opportunity for change. A must read for anyone interested in the future of global currencies.

United States on Jun 04, 2023

David: Good overview of blockchain applications, but the book needs to be updated, since this environment changes very fast.

France on Sep 24, 2022

Omar Venturi: Interessante testo che affronta l'evoluzione della tecnologia alla base di Bitcoin (DLT/Blockchain) e analizza anche i progetti che lo hanno seguito (altocoin).

Sono rimasto inizialmente un po' sorpreso rispetto allo spazio dedicato alla tematica public/private blockchain. Alla fine credo sia sensato affrontare in maniera approfondita questo tema poichè, anche se nella fase attuale (iniziale... maggio 2021) l'hype è tutto sulle blockchain pubbliche, non è da escludere che quelle "private" (permissioned) avranno un ruolo importante.

Non passa inosservato che i tre autori lavorino per tre grandi big player del settore tech (Microsoft, Facebook e Google), anche perchè nel testo si descrivono i progetti che stanno sviluppando queste aziende (forse, a mio modesto parere, in maniera un po' eccessiva).
Infine, la conclusione degli autori, proprio per la posizione che ricoprono, mi lascia qualche dubbio… è in effetti una nota un po' fuori dal coro rispetto alla molta altra documentazione che ho letto. Non significa che sia sbagliata, però mi ha fatto riflettere.

La conclusione la riporto qui sotto, ma ti avviso prima… non è un romanzo, quindi non lo...

Italy on Jun 06, 2021

Real Happy: The famous venture capitalist, Marc Andreessen, once said that blockchain was “the most important invention since the internet.”

Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies are being developed throughout the world, and you can expect them to play a much larger role in near future. This book shares some of the basics and the challenges that arise when talking about this new technology. I gave this book 4 stars, and I’ll share some of the highlights that caught my attention.

A humanitarian benefit: The UN or United Nations is using this new technology to help us with the refugee displacement, people who have lost personal documents they need just to survive. They will be able to store and track refugees’ identities, along with other critical paperwork that will help them find jobs, get loans, and if their passports or educational records were destroyed, they will use blockchain to store this information as well.

Walmart created a private Blockchain after not being able to identify their suppliers that sent them that contaminated Romain Lettuce a couple of years ago. Now with this new blockchain technology, which was built with IBM, Walmart is able to spot any...

United States on Mar 22, 2020

Debjit Sengupta: Some of the buzzwords that have been floating around are Bitcoin and Blockchain. I’m sure unless you were not lost in an island, you must have heard of it. This is because of its trending. It’s a favourite topic these days. If it hasn’t caught your attention yet, then still be prepared to hear something on these in the near future. Twice before I tried to get something on the subject from other sources but failed. The underlying technology behind Bitcoin is Blockchain. The entire concept seems knotty initially. I was wondering why Blockchain is so complicated with all those crypto techniques and complicated maths? Has it been explained well? I reckon the key reason is that Blockchain is not a single thing, but it’s a piece of knowledge stitched together from a wide variety of subjects across multiple disciplines. What are these multiple disciplines? It’s Computer Science, Cryptography, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, and Politics. Let’s not run away and instead take a plunge into the topic. You never know, it’s going to play a key role in our future. For your information, at the time of writing this review, one Bitcoin is equal to Rs.622515.

Bitcoin is a type...

India on Nov 09, 2019