| Acknowledgments |
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| Acknowledgments for the Paperback Edition |
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| Preface to the Paperback Edition |
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PART I Say You Want a Revolution |
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Chapter 1 The Trust Protocol |
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In Search of the Trust Protocol |
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How This Worldwide Ledger Works |
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A Rational Exuberance for the Blockchain |
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Achieving Trust in the Digital Age |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (2) |
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Your Personal Avatar and the Black Box of Identity |
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14 | (3) |
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Promise and Peril of the New Platform |
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24 | (3) |
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Chapter 2 Bootstrapping the Future: Seven Design Principles of the Blockchain Economy |
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The Seven Design Principles |
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29 | (22) |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (4) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (4) |
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45 | (4) |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (4) |
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Chapter 3 Reinventing Financial Services |
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A New Look for the World's Second-Oldest Profession |
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58 | (3) |
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The Golden Eight: How the Financial Services Sector Will Change |
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61 | (2) |
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From Stock Exchanges to Block Exchanges |
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63 | (3) |
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Dr. Faust's Blockchain Bargain |
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66 | (5) |
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The Bank App: Who Will Win in Retail Banking |
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71 | (2) |
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Google Translate for Business: New Frameworks for Accounting and Corporate Governance |
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Reputation: You Are Your Credit Score |
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79 | (3) |
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82 | (2) |
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The Market for Prediction Markets |
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Road Map for the Golden Eight |
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Chapter 4 Re-architecting the Firm: The Core and the Edges |
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Changing the Boundaries of the Firm |
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Determining Corporate Boundaries |
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Chapter 5 New Business Models: Making It Rain on the Blockchain |
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Global Computing: The Rise of Distributed Applications |
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117 | (3) |
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The DApp Kings: Distributed Business Entities |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (4) |
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Distributed Autonomous Enterprises |
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126 | (2) |
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The Big Seven: Open Networked Enterprise Business Models |
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128 | (14) |
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Hacking Your Future: Business Model Innovation |
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142 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 The Ledger of Things: Animating the Physical World |
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145 | (25) |
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146 | (4) |
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The Evolution of Computing: From Mainframes to Smart Pills |
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The Internet of Things Needs a Ledger of Things |
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152 | (4) |
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The Twelve Disruptions: Animating Things |
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156 | (5) |
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161 | (3) |
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The Future: From Uber to SUber |
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164 | (4) |
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Hacking Your Future for a World of Smart Things |
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168 | (2) |
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Chapter 7 Solving the Prosperity Paradox: Economic Inclusion and Entrepreneurship |
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A Pig Is Not a Piggy Bank |
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The New Prosperity Paradox |
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172 | (6) |
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178 | (4) |
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Remittances: The Story of Analie Domingo |
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182 | (6) |
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Blockchain Humanitarian Aid |
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188 | (5) |
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Safe as Houses? The Road to Asset Ownership |
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Implementation Challenges and Leadership Opportunities |
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Chapter 8 Rebuilding Government and Democracy |
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Something Is Rotten in the State |
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High-Performance Government Services and Operations |
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Empowering People to Serve Selves and Others |
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207 | (4) |
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The Second Era of Democracy |
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211 | (4) |
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215 | (3) |
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Alternative Models of Politics and Justice |
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218 | (3) |
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Engaging Citizens to Solve Big Problems |
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221 | (2) |
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Wielding Tools of Twenty-first-Century Democracy |
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223 | (3) |
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Chapter 9 Freeing Culture on the Blockchain: Music to Our Ears |
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226 | (27) |
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Fair Trade Music: From Streaming Music to Metering Rights |
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227 | (12) |
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Artlery for Art Lovers: Connecting Artists and Patrons |
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239 | (4) |
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Privacy, Free Speech, and Free Press on the Blockchain |
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243 | (3) |
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Getting the Word Out: The Critical Role of Education |
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246 | (3) |
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Culture on the Blockchain and You |
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PART III Promise and Peril |
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Chapter 10 Overcoming Showstoppers: Ten Implementation Challenges |
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1 The Technology Is Not Ready for Prime Time |
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2 The Energy Consumed Is Unsustainable |
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3 Governments Will Stifle or Twist It |
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4 Powerful Incumbents of the Old Paradigm Will Usurp It |
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5 The Incentives Are Inadequate for Distributed Mass Collaboration |
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6 The Blockchain Is a Job Killer |
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7 Governing the Protocols Is Like Herding Cats |
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8 Distributed Autonomous Agents Will Form Skynet |
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9 Big Brother Is (Still) Watching You |
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274 | (1) |
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Reasons Blockchain Will Fail or Implementation Challenges? |
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Chapter 11 Leadership for the Next Era |
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Who Will Lead a Revolution? |
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281 | (2) |
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The Blockchain Ecosystem: You Can't Tell the Players Without a Roster |
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283 | (6) |
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A Cautionary Tale of Blockchain Regulation |
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289 | (3) |
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The Senator Who Would Change the World |
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292 | (1) |
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Central Banks in a Decentralized Economy |
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293 | (3) |
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Regulation Versus Governance |
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296 | (2) |
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A New Framework for Blockchain Governance |
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298 | (9) |
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A New Agenda for the Next Digital Age |
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307 | (2) |
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The Trust Protocol and You |
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309 | (4) |
| Afterword to the Paperback Edition |
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313 | (4) |
| Notes |
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| Index |
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