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The Truth Machine
- The Blockchain and the Future of Everything
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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The Truth Machine
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Publisher's Summary
From the authors of the fascinating The Age of Cryptocurrency, comes the definitive work on the Internet’s next big thing: the blockchain.
Many of the ‘legacy systems’ once designed to make our lives easier and our economy more efficient are no longer up to the task; big banks have grown more entrenched, privacy exists only until the next hack, and credit card fraud has become a fact of life. However, there is a way past all this―a new kind of operating system with the potential to revolutionise our economy: the blockchain.
In The Truth Machine, Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna demystify the blockchain and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities; grant billions of excluded people access to the global economy; and shift the balance of power to revive society’s faith in itself. They reveal the empowerment possible when self-interested middlemen give way to the transparency of the blockchain, while highlighting the job losses, assertion of special interests, and threat to social cohesion that will accompany this shift. With a balanced perspective, Casey and Vigna show why we all must care about the path that blockchain technology takes―moving humanity forward, not backward.
Critic Reviews
"The authors ably explain highly technical information in layperson’s terms, and the text is neither too dense nor too basic. Readers may pick this one up for the Bitcoin connection and find themselves fascinated with the blockchain’s potential to change the world’s financial systems for the better." (Booklist)
"With thoughtful and well researched analysis, The Truth Machine leads you through a history of cryptocurrencies and blockchains that reveals the path forward towards a decentralized economy, one in which opportunity and access are widely spread." (Andreas M Antonopoulos, author of Mastering Bitcoin and The Internet of Money series)
"The Truth Machine is a brilliant, beautifully written guide to the blockchain revolution that is redefining 'trust' for our increasingly globalized world." (Hernando de Soto, President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy, author of The Mystery of Capital)
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- Annelies Powell-Reymer
- 06-03-2022
This book punched me in the face with hope and excitement.
If you’re reading this and you can’t yet buy a come with crypto, then there’s still much to be done. This is an utterly monumental book for those building the future (or those who at least want to understand what’s coming).
Yes for developers, designers, engineers etc. but just as importantly politicians, artists teachers, and - because it warrants emphasis - politicians.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-02-2021
15mins of running down Donald Trump was baffling
15mins of running down Donald Trump was baffling and very annoying to listen to. Purely a hidden message from Democrats paid to put into the book or the Author is convoluted.
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- Deniss Sudak
- 09-09-2023
Not worth the time
This book is a vehicle for the author to express his opinions about current events: politics, banks, capitalism etc. Basically they are all evil and blockchain will save us all. It’s gets old after an hour.
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