The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust

by Kevin Werbach

Book Overview

How the blockchain--a system built on foundations of mutual mistrust--can become trustworthy

The blockchain entered the world on January 3, 2009, introducing an innovative new trust architecture: an environment in which users trust a system--for example, a shared ledger of information--without necessarily trusting any of its components. The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is the most famous implementation of the blockchain, but hundreds of other...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262038935
• ISBN13: 9780262038935
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up