{"product_id":"the-truth-machine-the-blockchain-and-the-future-of-everything-by-michael-j-casey-and-paul-vigna","title":"The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything by Michael J Casey And Paul Vigna","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780008301774\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarper Collins Publishers UK, January 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e320 pages, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the authors of the fascinating The Age of Cryptocurrency, comes the definitive work on the Internet’s next big thing: the blockchain. Many of the ‘legacy systems’ once designed to make our lives easier and our economy more efficient are no longer up to the task; big banks have grown more entrenched, privacy exists only until the next hack, and credit card fraud has become a fact of life. However, there is a way past all this―a new kind of operating system with the potential to revolutionise our economy: the blockchain. In The Truth Machine, Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna demystify the blockchain and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities; grant billions of excluded people access to the global economy; and shift the balance of power to revive society’s faith in itself. They reveal 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. With a balanced perspective, Casey and Vigna show why we all must care about the path that blockchain technology takes―moving humanity forward, not backward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50795725455522,"sku":null,"price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/81ZJz8cPsuL._SL1500.jpg?v=1793613677","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/the-truth-machine-the-blockchain-and-the-future-of-everything-by-michael-j-casey-and-paul-vigna","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}