TY - BOOK AU - Casey,Michael AU - Vigna,Paul TI - The truth machine: the blockchain and the future of everything SN - 9781250304179 AV - HG 1710 C338t 2019 U1 - 332.1/78 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - St. Martin's Press KW - Transferencia electrónica de fondos bancarios KW - Bitcoin (Moneda electrónica) KW - Blockchains (Bases de datos) KW - Moneda electrónica N1 - Introduction: A society-building tool The God protocol "Governing" the digital economy The plumbing and the politics The token economy Enabling the fourth industrial revolution The Old Guard's new makeover Blockchains for good A self-sovereign identity Everyone's a creator A new constitution for the digital age N2 - Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey demystify the Internet's next big thing - the Blockchain - and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities 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. This book 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 ER -