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A review by snowcrash
The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything by Michael J. Casey, Paul Vigna
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I have been dipping my toe into the blockchain world, seeing it as a disruption to the financial world. I picked this book off of the library shelf to learn more about where blockchain will take us.
If you are someone who doesn't know much about blockchains, the various players and the history, this is a good overview. If you are someone, like me, who is continually reading about that world, there isn't much here that is new or interesting. Read Crypto Medium articles. As the blockchain world is running faster than dog years, a book published at the beginning of 2018 is already out of date.
I did want to see if there are any new ideas as to the impact this technology will make on the world. The idea of using tokens to pay for car charging at a stranger's house was interesting. I already knew about tokenization of physical assets, tracking their ownership or movement. Think aircraft parts, where the history is of supreme importance. Recently I've learned about a project that is working to tokenize music ownership & payments. Such ideas are like the Internet in the mid-1990's. Lots of things to try & see what sticks. But the iterations are faster and less forgiving.
All in all, this was a good book when it was written. But the realm of blockchain moves too fast for books.
If you are someone who doesn't know much about blockchains, the various players and the history, this is a good overview. If you are someone, like me, who is continually reading about that world, there isn't much here that is new or interesting. Read Crypto Medium articles. As the blockchain world is running faster than dog years, a book published at the beginning of 2018 is already out of date.
I did want to see if there are any new ideas as to the impact this technology will make on the world. The idea of using tokens to pay for car charging at a stranger's house was interesting. I already knew about tokenization of physical assets, tracking their ownership or movement. Think aircraft parts, where the history is of supreme importance. Recently I've learned about a project that is working to tokenize music ownership & payments. Such ideas are like the Internet in the mid-1990's. Lots of things to try & see what sticks. But the iterations are faster and less forgiving.
All in all, this was a good book when it was written. But the realm of blockchain moves too fast for books.