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Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

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Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain By:"David Gerard" Published on 2017-07-24 by David Gerard blockchain Book Category An experimental new Internet-based form of money is created that anyone can generate at home; people build frightening firetrap computers full of video cards, putting out so much heat that one operator is hospitalised with heatstroke and brain damage. A young physics student starts a revolutionary new marketplace immune to State coercion; he ends up ordering hits on people because they might threaten his great experiment, and is jailed for life without parole. Fully automated contractual systems are proposed to make business and the law work better; the contracts people actually write are unregulated penny stock offerings whose fine print literally states that you are buying nothing of any value. The biggest crowdfunding in history attracts $150 million on the promise that it will embody “the steadfast iron will of unstoppable code”; upon release it is immediate...

Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions

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Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions By:"Joseph J. Bambara","Paul R. Allen","Kedar Iyer","Rene Madsen","Solomon Lederer","Michael Wuehler" Published on 2018-02-16 by McGraw Hill Professional blockchain Book Category Develop, validate, and deploy powerful decentralized applications using blockchain Get the most out of cutting-edge blockchain technology using the hands-on information contained in this comprehensive resource. Written by a team of technology and legal experts, Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions demonstrates each topic through a start-to-finish, illustrated case study. The book includes financial, technology, governance, and legal use cases along with advantages and challenges. Validation, implementation, troubleshooting, and best practices are fully covered. You will learn, step-by-step, how to build and maintain effect...