BLOCKCHAIN FOR GOOD : the transformative impacts on industry, community and the planet.
"Blockchain, the technical infrastructure underpinning cryptocurrencies, has advanced to become one of the most disruptive technological innovations in the recent digital era, creating transformative foundations for industry, community and the planet. The development of blockchain-based applica...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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BOCA RATON :
CRC PRESS,
2025.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Blockchain, the technical infrastructure underpinning cryptocurrencies, has advanced to become one of the most disruptive technological innovations in the recent digital era, creating transformative foundations for industry, community and the planet. The development of blockchain-based applications in finance and beyond has demonstrated its capability in disrupting business-as-usual and enabling radical reforms across industries and society through its decentralised and distributed architecture. While technological optimists so far have tended to quickly embrace blockchain as a way to replace decades-old trading, regulatory and governance systems, there are also reasons to be cautious. The idealism of technological solutionism needs to be tempered with criticality and realism. This book aims to contribute to this task. While there are already many accounts detailing the technical aspects of blockchain, this book offers a carefully curated international and diverse selection of chapters discussing applications of blockchain based on ethical values - or simply: blockchain for good. While we acknowledge the various and immense challenges inherent in blockchain research and development, the goal of this book is to bring together an interdisciplinary chorus of voices not only from computer science, information systems and business management but also from the humanities and social sciences concerned about the social, environmental and ethical dimensions of blockchain research, applications and use"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1040368328 9781040368329 9781003456346 1003456340 9781040368268 1040368263 |