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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 assetsÂ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 oneÂs own genomic data
Open access academic publishing on the blockchain
This book is part of an ongoing OÂReilly series. Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Crypto-Currencies introduces Bitcoin and describes the technology behind Bitcoin and the blockchain. Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy considers theoretical, philosophical, and societal impact of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.  aContents
Blockchain 1.0: Currency
Blockchain 2.0: Contracts
Blockchain 3.0: Justice Application Beyond Currency, Economics, and Markets
Blockchains 3.0: Efficiency and Coordination Applications Beyond Currency, Economics and Markets
Advanced Concepts
Limitations
Conclusions

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