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Um livro legal sobre como funciona a blockchain e suas possíveis aplicações. Começa com a explicação mais clara do que é minerar que já li e segue dando uma perspectiva legal de futuros usos da blockchain e criptomoedas que exploram novas possibilidades.
A parte chata é que os autores realmente beberam o Kool-aid da blockchain e não se cansam de falar de como essa tecnologia vai mudar o mundo. Por um tempo é legal, mas acaba ficando cansativo quando começam a se repetir e alongar demais a explicação para fazer o livro render. Além de apresentarem a blockchain como solução para uma série de problemas que na verdade só precisam ser digitais e bem geridos, no sentido de que mais uma tecnologia em si aplicada a isso não acrescenta tanto.
Dos que li, ainda ficaria mais com o [b:The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order|22174460|The Age of Cryptocurrency How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order|Paul Vigna|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1410981914s/22174460.jpg|41521398] pelas explicações e por uma noção de como começaram as startups dessa área.
A parte chata é que os autores realmente beberam o Kool-aid da blockchain e não se cansam de falar de como essa tecnologia vai mudar o mundo. Por um tempo é legal, mas acaba ficando cansativo quando começam a se repetir e alongar demais a explicação para fazer o livro render. Além de apresentarem a blockchain como solução para uma série de problemas que na verdade só precisam ser digitais e bem geridos, no sentido de que mais uma tecnologia em si aplicada a isso não acrescenta tanto.
Dos que li, ainda ficaria mais com o [b:The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order|22174460|The Age of Cryptocurrency How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order|Paul Vigna|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1410981914s/22174460.jpg|41521398] pelas explicações e por uma noção de como começaram as startups dessa área.
Not the easiest read or the best written book, but important nonetheless.
Not enough new material to justify the length of the book. Better off watching YouTube videos and reading Medium posts.
Honestly, dao sounds like bs to me. Company & centralized gov never goes away
I thought this was a pretty interesting read on the potential impact of Blockchain. I wasn't expecting a technical explanation of the technology as that wasn't the point, nor the audience this book is aiming for.
Overall, a book I recommend. But... to enthusiasts or open-minded people, and not necessarily to skeptics.
There is so much valuable and accurate information in here that is not widely available, and judging by the comments of the public, unknown to them, and only the tiniest bit of it is out of date as I read in mid-December 2017. It starts out very strong. Personally, I read this book with my browser window open, and was able to go on many adventures and rabbit holes on the topics and key words that peaked my interest.
At times, the book did wander into speculation, without acknowledging potential detractions. A person could easily be spooked into thinking this book is leading the unwitting down the path to a Black-mirroresque catastrophic future. Especially if the reader doesn't make it to the final chapters, where the "show-stoppers" are finally introduced. It seemed sometimes that if the author wasn't breathlessly spouting out so much information, that some of the ideas could have received a more in depth and even-handed look. For example, when the author starts discussing how the blockchain could bring the controversial policy of cap-and-trade to come to bear on the lives of individuals, I couldn't help but laugh aloud at the absurdity... and perhaps feel a little nervous about the future that I normally endorse. I can understand for this reason why some were irritated with the book and rated it poorly. However, I felt that I shouldn't do so. If I'm rating at less than 4 stars, that would mean that I don't recommend anyone reading the book. I wouldn't go that far!
If I never read books where authors deviated from my view of how things should be written and discussed, I'd not read many books at all. Also, it is worth noting that this book never promised a technical or critical view. I learned a great deal from it, and its a great who's who of leading thinkers, projects, and histories. If you're looking for a firehose of info on the blockchain- you'll get it here.
Probably best to take breaks from reading it now and then, or picking out the chapters on the topics that you're more interested in, and doing your own research from there. The chapters can be read stand-alone, because even if someone or something has already been discussed, they are always reintroduced. The footnotes in the back are great for taking a deeper dive as well. If you want the technical details of bitcoin, I recommend Coursera's course on bitcoin and cryptocurrency by Princeton University.
There is so much valuable and accurate information in here that is not widely available, and judging by the comments of the public, unknown to them, and only the tiniest bit of it is out of date as I read in mid-December 2017. It starts out very strong. Personally, I read this book with my browser window open, and was able to go on many adventures and rabbit holes on the topics and key words that peaked my interest.
At times, the book did wander into speculation, without acknowledging potential detractions. A person could easily be spooked into thinking this book is leading the unwitting down the path to a Black-mirroresque catastrophic future. Especially if the reader doesn't make it to the final chapters, where the "show-stoppers" are finally introduced. It seemed sometimes that if the author wasn't breathlessly spouting out so much information, that some of the ideas could have received a more in depth and even-handed look. For example, when the author starts discussing how the blockchain could bring the controversial policy of cap-and-trade to come to bear on the lives of individuals, I couldn't help but laugh aloud at the absurdity... and perhaps feel a little nervous about the future that I normally endorse. I can understand for this reason why some were irritated with the book and rated it poorly. However, I felt that I shouldn't do so. If I'm rating at less than 4 stars, that would mean that I don't recommend anyone reading the book. I wouldn't go that far!
If I never read books where authors deviated from my view of how things should be written and discussed, I'd not read many books at all. Also, it is worth noting that this book never promised a technical or critical view. I learned a great deal from it, and its a great who's who of leading thinkers, projects, and histories. If you're looking for a firehose of info on the blockchain- you'll get it here.
Probably best to take breaks from reading it now and then, or picking out the chapters on the topics that you're more interested in, and doing your own research from there. The chapters can be read stand-alone, because even if someone or something has already been discussed, they are always reintroduced. The footnotes in the back are great for taking a deeper dive as well. If you want the technical details of bitcoin, I recommend Coursera's course on bitcoin and cryptocurrency by Princeton University.
I saw last week in a book store the paperback version of this book and I was between writing a letter to authorities accusing the publisher for hate crime against the literate people of UK or unleash my venom in GoodReads.
It is obvious that there are not many non technical books about blockchain consequently writing one is a very good business opportunity. Also there is a little bit of room for people to write something like this and get away with it.
Book reads like a text generated from one of these AI spam bots, lots of fluff and wishful thinking that makes no sense whatsoever. There are "predictions" for the future that mean everything and nothing at the same time, nothing concrete at all. Lots of "Blockchain will change the way we do things as everything will be decentralised", easily one could write 25 years before "The Internet will"... Actually I am very certain that they got a book about Internet and did a find/replace or something on MS-Word. Nothing on what is proof of work, a decentralised database, a company that experiments with Blockchain applications, NADA/Nothing/Tipote.
I was lucky enough to borrow this from a library so no money lost thank God. Read first 60 pages and then some at random to see if anything changes nope.
I guess the purpose of this book is to establish authors as speakers for corporate dinosaur events AKA a book you need to write (I'm guilty of this) but not necessary read.
It is obvious that there are not many non technical books about blockchain consequently writing one is a very good business opportunity. Also there is a little bit of room for people to write something like this and get away with it.
Book reads like a text generated from one of these AI spam bots, lots of fluff and wishful thinking that makes no sense whatsoever. There are "predictions" for the future that mean everything and nothing at the same time, nothing concrete at all. Lots of "Blockchain will change the way we do things as everything will be decentralised", easily one could write 25 years before "The Internet will"... Actually I am very certain that they got a book about Internet and did a find/replace or something on MS-Word. Nothing on what is proof of work, a decentralised database, a company that experiments with Blockchain applications, NADA/Nothing/Tipote.
I was lucky enough to borrow this from a library so no money lost thank God. Read first 60 pages and then some at random to see if anything changes nope.
I guess the purpose of this book is to establish authors as speakers for corporate dinosaur events AKA a book you need to write (I'm guilty of this) but not necessary read.
This book is poorly laid out, repetitive, and mashes up tons of different tech and adds blockchain underneath.
This was a tough book to get thru as I couldn't help but feel the hype cycle froth everywhere. I don't recommend.
I will also add that I do see a place for blockchain - a very big place indeed. It's another tool.
This was a tough book to get thru as I couldn't help but feel the hype cycle froth everywhere. I don't recommend.
I will also add that I do see a place for blockchain - a very big place indeed. It's another tool.
challenging
informative
slow-paced