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The diagram below shows Web 1.0/Web 2.0/Web 3.0 from a bird’s-eye view. 🔹Web 1.0 – Read Only Between 1991 and 2004, the internet is like a 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 of 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬. We can browse the content by jumping from one hyperlink to another. It doesn’t provide any interactions with the content. 🔹Web 2.0 – Read Write...

The diagram below shows the detail. 🔸 Step 0 – Bob wants to transfer 1 BTC to Alice. He initiates the transfer in his wallet. 🔸 Steps 1 and 2 – A transaction A is created with Alice’s address. Bob then 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 the transaction with his private key. 🔸 Step 3 – The signed transaction...

An in-depth and authoritative treatment of one of the most pressing topics of our time In Blockchain and Web3: Building the Cryptocurrency, Privacy, and Security Foundations of the Metaverse, two tech and finance experts deliver a comprehensive and accessible guide to the present and future of blockchain technology and how it will form the foundation of...

“Imagine, everything there is and everything that will ever be, divided by 21 million.” This book opens with a difficult invitation that immediately makes us question the way we think and presents us with the challenge of bitcoin. In a brilliantly simple way, Knut Svanholm, embarks on an exploration of how we think, our relationship...

"A crucial contribution to development of a new technology that will impact all of our lives.” –Laura Shin, host of the Unchained podcast and author of The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze “Vitalik Buterin is one of the most influential creators of our generation....Like most of his work, it is sure to become a must-read.”–Camila Russo, author of The Infinite Machine, founder of The Defiant The ideas behind Ethereum in the words of its founder, describing a radical vision for more than a digital currency—reinventing organizations, economics, and democracy itself in the age of the internet...

Over the last few years, we have witnessed an upsurge of enthusiasm about cryptocurrencies and, more generally, the so-called blockchain technology. In this new and updated edition, the authors explore what exactly these new technologies entail and promise. They argue that to understand the potential challenges and further developments in the market, one needs to develop an understanding of what needs these innovations fulfill and what business models are consistent with their use. For that, we need to sufficiently understand both the technology and how it affects the economic forces at play...