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DONTAPSCOTTistheCEOoftheTapscottGroupandoneofthemostinfluentiallivingtheoristsaboutbusinessandsociety.InNovember
2013,Thinkers50namedDonasthe4thmostimportantbusinessthinkerintheworld.AJune2013Forbes.comanalysisofsocialmedia
identifiedDonasthemostinfluentialmanagementthinkerintheworld.Heistheauthororcoauthorof15widelyreadbooksaboutnew
technologiesandnewmediainbusinessandsociety,includingWikinomicsandTheDigitalEconomy.
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ByPeterLonMay21,2016

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Aninterestingread,butforthemostpartaharriedchroniclingofpeopleandtrends(mostlypeople)in

ahyperdynamicspace.AlotofNobellaureatenamedropping(towhich,totheircredit,theyadmit!).

Hasthefeelofsomeonetryingtogetabookouttheretotakeadvantageofthethirstfornewinsight.

Somegoodbraincandy.

Wouldhaveexpectedabetter"primer"onhowblockchainactuallyworks.Giventheaudiencethis

tomeappearsaimedat,afewparagraphs("Howthisworldwideledgerworks")seemsabitunder

servingparticularlyforsuchanavowedlyhistorychangingparadigm.Readersmustunderstandthis

thingbeforetrustingit,whichforthemostpartismysteriousandgeeky.Demystificationwouldhelp

moveblockchainoutofthecomfortzoneofPhD'sintotherealmofthemereunwashed(inwhichthis

reviewersits).AndnothingonthemysterysurroundingSatoshihimselfwhat'supwiththat?Given

thatwe'redealingwithanewtrustparadigm,doesn'tthefactofhisanonymity(existence?)notat

leastmeritsomecomment?

OnlypartIwouldrecommendisfoundatChapter10"Showstopperissues"...Ironic,ofcoursebut

bestanalysisishere!

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Wanttoknowthefutureoftheinternet?Readthis.

ByWindsoronMay23,2016

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Ifyouwanttoknowwhatthefutureoftheinternetis,readthisbook.

Ifyouwanttoknowhowtocreateabusinessontheblockchainthatcanbringprosperityandequality

totheworld,readthis.

It'snotverytechnical,sodon'texpectadissertationonhowtoscaleusingscala,oralternativedeep

codingproblems.Thisisaforayintotheworldforpeoplewhowanttolearnaboutit.

Idon'tagreewiththenegativereviewsofthisbook.Ifyouwantabooksteepedinthecode,gofora

codingbook,orayoutubetutorialorjoinaslackforthecodebaseyou'reinto.

Thisbookiswellresearched,wellthoughtoutandwellwritten.

Iboughttheaudiobook,butI'llprobablygoandbuythepaperbacktoo.

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CaseyandVincetellagreatstorywithalotofpassion

ByBuysbratsonMay28,2016

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ReadthisbookrightafterCaseyandVince'sAgeoftheCryptocurrency.CaseyandVincetellagreat

storywithalotofpassion.TheTapscottshaveendedupwithwhatreadsalternatelyliketeaching

supplementsorahighschoolessaythathasbenefittedfromalotofgoogling.Theauthorsuseof'

communicationcosts'andthePortermodeldoesn'tquitegelwithatechnologythatcouldupendmajor

industries.Nothingnewhereifyouvehavebeenfollowingtheblockchainhypeevenforashorttime.

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ReaditifyouwanttounderstandandbepartofthisDisruption!!!

ByJosePapoonMay29,2016

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ThisbookisamustreadtounderstandandhaveideasonallthepromisesoftheBlockchain

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