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• Read Write Own

  Building the Next Era of the Internet

  Dixon, Chris,

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  Dixon shows how the Internet has undergone three distinct eras - 1st was the "read era," 1990 to 2005, in which early Internet networks democratized information. In the "read-write era," 2006-2020, corporate networks democratized…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Web3

  Charting the Internet's Next Economic and Cultural Frontier

  Tapscott, Alex,

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  Web3, known as the 'Read-Write-Own Web' - a decentralized internet where individuals own their identities and can securely trade assets such as money, securities, intellectual property, and art in a peer to-peer manner—is made possible by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Web3

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  Web3: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review will show you how today's most innovative organizations are choosing Web3, evaluating their risks, experimenting with their brands, and preparing to win in the newer, better internet…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blockchain for Teens

  With Case Studies and Examples of Blockchain Across Various Industries

  Wu, Xun (Writer on Blockchain),

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  Examine the basics of Bitcoin and Ethereum, Create your very own Bitcoin wallet, Understand the concept of NFTs and build your first token, Explore the Metaverse in Blockchain, Envision the future of Blockchain.

• Bubble or Revolution?

  the Present and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

  Mehta, Neel

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  You'll learn the core concepts of Bitcoin and blockchain technologies to understand their strengths and weaknesses from real-world case studies; dive deep into their technical, economic, political, and legal complexities; gain insights…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blockchain and the Law

  the Rule of Code

  De Filippi, Primavera

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  It's a simple and user-friendly blockchain book to read for those persons who are highly interested in legal elements of distributed ledger technologies and plain old data privacy.

• Basics of Blockchain

  a Guide for Building Literacy in the Economics, Technology and Business of Blockchain

  Warburg, Bettina

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  The authors combine decades of experience into a cohesive collegiate level guide to help you understand the technology at its most basic level, and internalize the economics and business of building companies in the era of decentralized…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Introducción al blockchain y criptomonedas en 100 preguntas

  Santiago Moreno, Ismael,

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  Cien preguntas para descubrir sin tecnicismos todos los aspectos fundamentales de las criptomonedas, la tecnología Blockchain que llevan implícita y las posibilidades enormes que guarda esta innovación disruptiva y exponencial.

• Blockchain

  Laurence, Tiana

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  A guide to blockchain technologies explains blockchain basics, smart contracts, and cryptocurrencies, with real-world examples showing how blockchains function and where they add value.

• Introducing Blockchain With Java

  Program, Implement, and Extend Blockchains With Java

  Buzharovski, Spiro

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  Introducing Blockchain with Java includes numerous exercises and test questions to help you solidify what you have learned as you progress through the book, and provides ideas on expanding the codebase to make it your own.

• Proof of Stake

  the Making of Ethereum, and the Philosophy of Blockchains

  Buterin, Vitalik,

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  Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin wrote the Ethereum white paper, which proposed an open source system that would take what Bitcoin did for money and do it for everything else: contracts, social networks, and sharing economies.

• Beginning Ethereum Smart Contracts Programming

  With Examples in Python, Solidity, and JavaScript

  Lee, Wei-Meng

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  Author Lee's learn-by-doing approach will allow you to be productive and feel confident in your ability in no time. The last part of this book covers tokens, a topic that has taken the cryptocurrency market by storm. Sample code in Python,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mastering Ethereum

  Antonopoulos, Andreas M. • Gavin Wood, Ph. D.

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  Focuses on Ethereum's capabilities for creating decentralized applications (DApps).

• Introducing Blockchain Applications

  Understand and Develop Blockchain Applications Through Distributed Systems

  George, Joseph Thachil

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  This book provides a thorough review of distribution-based systems on blockchain technology, starting from the fundamental concepts that underlie it, all the way through implementation of a blockchain network for business purposes.

• Blockchain Wars

  the Future of Big Tech Monopolies and the Blockchain Internet

  MCFARLAND, EVAN

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  The author deploys an encyclopedic grasp of the blockchain landscape to help tech entrepreneurs, business owners, government leaders, cryptocurrency investors, and other industry professionals fit together.

• DeFi

  Kim, Seoyoung,

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  The promise of decentralized finance (DeFi for those up on their financial lingo) as a disruptor to financial institutions makes it must-know for anyone involved in finance.

• Catching Up to Crypto

  Your Guide to Bitcoin and the New Digital Economy

  Armstrong, Ben (Investor),

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  The book explains what Bitcoin is, how it works, and how and why we’re all transitioning to a digital economy as we speak. He discusses the deficiencies of traditional fiat currency, how it’s commonly manipulated, and how we can all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies

  a Comprehensive Introduction

  Narayanan, Arvind

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  It begins by tracing the history and development of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, and then gives the conceptual and practical foundations you need to engineer secure software that interacts with the Bitcoin network as well as to integrate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crypto

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  Real applications of crypto and other decentralized technology are multiplying exponentially in organizations of all kinds. What do you and your company need to know and do today to create new opportunities like these and avoid disruption?

• Tracers in the Dark

  the Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency

  Greenberg, Andy

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  A propulsive story of a new breed of investigators who have cracked the Bitcoin blockchain, taking once-anonymous realms of money, drugs, and violence and holding them up to the light.