Blockchain Revolution

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Document Outline

• Also by Don Tapscott
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Praise for Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• PART I: SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION
  • CHAPTER 1: THE TRUST PROTOCOL
    • IN SEARCH OF THE TRUST PROTOCOL
    • HOW THIS WORLDWIDE LEDGER WORKS
    • A RATIONAL EXUBERANCE FOR THE BLOCKCHAIN
    • ACHIEVING TRUST IN THE DIGITAL AGE
    • RETURN OF THE INTERNET
    • YOUR PERSONAL AVATAR AND THE BLACK BOX OF IDENTITY
    • A PLAN FOR PROSPERITY
    • PROMISE AND PERIL OF THE NEW PLATFORM
  • CHAPTER 2: BOOTSTRAPPING THE FUTURE:
    • THE SEVEN DESIGN PRINCIPLES
      • 1. Networked Integrity
      • 2. Distributed Power
      • 3. Value as Incentive
      • 4. Security
      • 5. Privacy
      • 6. Rights Preserved
      • 7. Inclusion
    • DESIGNING THE FUTURE
• PART II: TRANSFORMATIONS
  • CHAPTER 3: REINVENTING FINANCIAL SERVICES
    • A NEW LOOK FOR THE WORLD’S SECOND-OLDEST PROFESSION
    • THE GOLDEN EIGHT: HOW THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR WILL CHANGE
    • FROM STOCK EXCHANGES TO BLOCK EXCHANGES
    • DR. FAUST’S BLOCKCHAIN BARGAIN
    • THE BANK APP: WHO WILL WIN IN RETAIL BANKING
    • GOOGLE TRANSLATE FOR BUSINESS: NEW FRAMEWORKS FOR ACCOUNTING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
    • REPUTATION: YOU ARE YOUR CREDIT SCORE
    • THE BLOCKCHAIN IPO
    • THE MARKET FOR PREDICTION MARKETS
    • ROAD MAP FOR THE GOLDEN EIGHT
  • CHAPTER 4: RE-ARCHITECTING THE FIRM:
    • BUILDING CONSENSYS
    • CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRM
      • 1. Search Costs—How Do We Find New Talent and New Customers?
      • 2. Contracting Costs—What Do We Agree to Do, Anyway?
      • 3. Coordination Costs—How Should We All Work Together?
      • 4. Costs of (Re-)Building Trust—Why Should We Trust One Another?
    • DETERMINING CORPORATE BOUNDARIES
  • CHAPTER 5: NEW BUSINESS MODELS:
    • BAIRBNB VERSUS AIRBNB
    • GLOBAL COMPUTING: THE RISE OF DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS
    • THE DAPP KINGS: DISTRIBUTED BUSINESS ENTITIES
    • AUTONOMOUS AGENTS
    • DISTRIBUTED AUTONOMOUS ENTERPRISES
    • THE BIG SEVEN: OPEN NETWORKED ENTERPRISE BUSINESS MODELS
      • 1. The Peer Producers
      • 2. The Rights Creators
      • 3. Blockchain Cooperatives
      • 4. The Metering Economy
      • 5. The Platform Builders
      • 6. Blockchain Makers
      • 7. The Enterprise Collaborators
    • HACKING YOUR FUTURE: BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION
  • CHAPTER 6: THE LEDGER OF THINGS:
    • POWER TO THE PEOPLE
    • THE EVOLUTION OF COMPUTING: FROM MAINFRAMES TO SMART PILLS
    • THE INTERNET OF THINGS NEEDS A LEDGER OF THINGS
    • THE TWELVE DISRUPTIONS: ANIMATING THINGS
      • 1. Transportation
      • 2. Infrastructure Management
      • 3. Energy, Waste, and Water Management
      • 4. Resource Extraction and Farming
      • 5. Environmental Monitoring and Emergency Services
      • 6. Health Care
      • 7. Financial Services and Insurance
      • 8. Document and Other Record Keeping
      • 9. Building and Property Management
      • 10. Industrial Operations—The Factory of Things
      • 11. Home Management
      • 12. Retail Operations and Sales
    • THE ECONOMIC PAYOFF
    • THE FUTURE: FROM UBER TO SUBER
    • HACKING YOUR FUTURE FOR A WORLD OF SMART THINGS
  • CHAPTER 7: SOLVING THE PROSPERITY PARADOX:
    • A PIG IS NOT A PIGGY BANK
    • THE NEW PROSPERITY PARADOX
    • ROAD MAP TO PROSPERITY
    • REMITTANCES: THE STORY OF ANALIE DOMINGO
    • BLOCKCHAIN HUMANITARIAN AID
    • SAFE AS HOUSES? THE ROAD TO ASSET OWNERSHIP
    • IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
  • CHAPTER 8: REBUILDING GOVERNMENT AND DEMOCRACY
    • SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE
    • HIGH-PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND OPERATIONS
    • EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO SERVE SELVES AND OTHERS
    • THE SECOND ERA OF DEMOCRACY
      • 1. Fragmenting Public Discourse
      • 2. Scaling Ignorance on the World Wide Web
      • 3. Complicating Policy and Implementation
    • BLOCKCHAIN VOTING
    • ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF POLITICS AND JUSTICE
    • ENGAGING CITIZENS TO SOLVE BIG PROBLEMS
    • WIELDING TOOLS OF TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY DEMOCRACY
  • CHAPTER 9: FREEING CULTURE ON THE BLOCKCHAIN:
    • FAIR TRADE MUSIC: FROM STREAMING MUSIC TO METERING RIGHTS
      • Basic Copyright Registration
      • Digital Content Management System
      • The New Artists and Repertoire (A&R)
    • ARTLERY FOR ART LOVERS: CONNECTING ARTISTS AND PATRONS
    • PRIVACY, FREE SPEECH, AND FREE PRESS ON THE BLOCKCHAIN
    • GETTING THE WORD OUT: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF EDUCATION
    • CULTURE ON THE BLOCKCHAIN AND YOU
• PART III: PROMISE AND PERIL
  • CHAPTER 10: OVERCOMING SHOWSTOPPERS:
    • 1. THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME
    • 2. THE ENERGY CONSUMED IS UNSUSTAINABLE
    • 3. GOVERNMENTS WILL STIFLE OR TWIST IT
    • 4. POWERFUL INCUMBENTS OF THE OLD PARADIGM WILL USURP IT
    • 5. THE INCENTIVES ARE INADEQUATE FOR DISTRIBUTED MASS COLLABORATION
    • 6. THE BLOCKCHAIN IS A JOB KILLER
    • 7. GOVERNING THE PROTOCOLS IS LIKE HERDING CATS
    • 8. DISTRIBUTED AUTONOMOUS AGENTS WILL FORM SKYNET
    • 9. BIG BROTHER IS (STILL) WATCHING YOU
    • 10. CRIMINALS WILL USE IT
    • REASONS BLOCKCHAIN WILL FAIL OR IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES?
  • CHAPTER 11: LEADERSHIP FOR THE NEXT ERA
    • WHO WILL LEAD A REVOLUTION?
    • THE BLOCKCHAIN ECOSYSTEM: YOU CAN’T TELL THE PLAYERS WITHOUT A ROSTER
    • A CAUTIONARY TALE OF BLOCKCHAIN REGULATION
    • THE SENATOR WHO WOULD CHANGE THE WORLD
    • CENTRAL BANKS IN A DECENTRALIZED ECONOMY
    • REGULATION VERSUS GOVERNANCE
    • A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR BLOCKCHAIN GOVERNANCE
      • 1. Knowledge Networks
      • 2. Delivery Networks
      • 3. Policy Networks
      • 4. Advocacy Networks
      • 5. Watchdog Networks
      • 6. Platforms
      • 7. Standards Networks
      • 8. Networked Institutions
      • 9. Diasporas
      • 10. Governance Networks
    • A NEW AGENDA FOR THE NEXT DIGITAL AGE
    • THE TRUST PROTOCOL AND YOU
• NOTES
• INDEX