The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything
Written by Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey
Narrated by Sean Runnette
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About this audiobook
"Views differ on bitcoin, but few doubt the transformative potential of Blockchain technology. The Truth Machine is the best book so far on what has happened and what may come along. It demands the attention of anyone concerned with our economic future." —Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard, Former Treasury Secretary
From Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna, the authors of The Age of Cryptocurrency, comes the definitive audiobook on the Internet’s Next Big Thing: The Blockchain.
Big banks have grown bigger and more entrenched. Privacy exists only until the next hack. Credit card fraud is a fact of life. Many of the “legacy systems” once designed to make our lives easier and our economy more efficient are no longer up to the task. Yet there is a way past all this—a new kind of operating system with the potential to revolutionize vast swaths of 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 disruption it promises for industries including finance, tech, legal, and shipping.
Casey and Vigna expose the challenge of replacing trusted (and not-so-trusted) institutions on which we’ve relied for centuries with a radical model that bypasses them. The Truth Machine reveals 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 the same balanced perspective they brought to The Age of Cryptocurrency, Casey and Vigna show why listeners must care about the path that blockchain technology takes—moving humanity forward, not backward.
Editor's Note
Smart summer read…
Blockchain is the next big thing in tech and finance, but can you describe what the blockchain is? You’ll be able to after reading this excellent primer that clearly explains the technology and how it will revolutionize our economy
Paul Vigna
Paul Vigna is an author, journalist, editor and speaker, with a particular focus on capital markets and cryptocurrencies. He is the author of Guts: The Anatomy of The Walking Dead and coauthor of The Age of Cryptocurrency and The Truth Machine. For 25 years, he was a reporter and editor for Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal, pioneering coverage of the cryptocurrency sector. He has appeared on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox, and PBS.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It’s a good essential read to understand block chain technology, and the different ways we can leverage it - if you are someone who thinks blockchain technology is all about cryptocurrency you should certainly read this book to understand blockchain.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is fabulous in many ways: topics, explanations, examples, style. I am planning to get it in hard or electronic copy and save it as a reference. Many thanks to the authors....
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great introduction to blockchain and the possible uses of it!