Contents
Figures and Tables
Foreword | Don Tapscott
Author’s Acknowledgements
Publication credits
About the research
Why executives, professionals, and students should learn about blockchains
Part I: Blockchain Foundations
1.1. Something big is afoot
1.2. Bitcoin: A new solution to some very old problems
1.3. Blockchain communities
1.4. Beyond Bitcoin
2.1. Overview of the landscape
2.2. The cryptocurrency market
2.3. Blockchain investment
2.4. Blockchain players
2.5. Blockchain indices
2.6. Blockchain’s technology hype cycle
2.7. Conclusion: The landscape shifts rapidly
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Trade before and after a blockchain
3.3. The blockchain application framework
3.4. Blockchain’s distributed ledger vs. traditional distributed databases
3.5. Mapping Bitcoin to the blockchain application framework
3.6. Conclusion
Part II: Business Application Examples
4.1. Overview of the cases
4.2. Global payments before blockchains
4.3. Ripple
4.4. Stellar
4.5. WeTrade
4.6. Santander
4.7. Conclusion
5.1. Overview of the cases
5.2. Challenges and solutions for food safety
5.3. Everledger
5.4. VeriTX
5.5. Conclusion
6.1. Overview of the cases
6.2. LO3 Energy
6.3. Share&Charge
6.4. Conclusion
7.1. Overview of identity and credentials
7.2. Talent acquisition challenges
7.3. SmartResume
7.4. Conclusion
Part III: Road to Maturity
8.1. Introduction
8.2 Resource consumption
8.3. Security
8.4. Performance and scalability
8.5. Anonymity
8.6. Confidentiality
8.7 Interoperability
8.8. Conclusion
9.1. Making enterprise blockchains a reality
9.2. The blockchain mindset: coopetition and shared governance
9.3. Selling the C-suite
9.4. Blockchain strategy: an ecosystem perspective
9.5. From idea to development
9.6. Design principles
9.7. From deployment to critical mass
9.8. Conclusion
10.1 Introduction
10.2. Butterfly defects
10.3 Ethical blockchains by design
10.4. Blockchain visionaries: In their own words
10.5. Conclusion
Glossary
Index