{"product_id":"the-blockchain-and-the-new-architecture-of-trust-isbn-9780262038935","title":"The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow the blockchain—a system built on foundations of mutual mistrust—can become trustworthy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe blockchain entered the world on January 3, 2009, introducing an innovative new trust architecture: an environment in which users trust a system—for example, a shared ledger of information—without necessarily trusting any of its components. The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is the most famous implementation of the blockchain, but hundreds of other companies have been founded and billions of dollars have been invested in similar applications since Bitcoin’s launch. Some see the blockchain as offering more opportunities for criminal behavior than benefits to society. In this book, Kevin Werbach shows how a technology resting on foundations of mutual mistrust can become trustworthy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe blockchain, built on open software and decentralized foundations that allow anyone to participate, seems like a threat to any form of regulation. In fact, Werbach argues, law and the blockchain need each other. Blockchain systems that ignore law and governance are likely to fail, or to become outlaw technologies irrelevant to the mainstream economy. That, Werbach cautions, would be a tragic waste of potential. If, however, we recognize the blockchain as a kind of legal technology that shapes behavior in new ways, it can be harnessed to create tremendous business and social value.Series' Editor's Introduction ix\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Parable of the Tree 1 \u003cbr\u003eI A Revolution in Nine Pages\u003cbr\u003e1 The Trust Challenge 17\u003cbr\u003e2 Satoshi's Solution 33\u003cbr\u003e3 More than Money 53\u003cbr\u003e4 Why Blockchain? 71\u003cbr\u003eII Ledgers Meet Law\u003cbr\u003e5 Unpacking Blockchain Trust 95\u003cbr\u003e6 What Could Possible Go Wrong? 113\u003cbr\u003e7 Blockchain Governance 133\u003cbr\u003e8 Blockchain As\/And Law 149\u003cbr\u003e9 We're from the Government, and We're Here to Help 175\u003cbr\u003eIII Building the Decentralized Future\u003cbr\u003e10 Connecting the Legal and the Technical 203\u003cbr\u003e11 An Unpredictable Uncertainty 225\u003cbr\u003e12 Conclusion 241\u003cbr\u003eNotes 247\u003cbr\u003eIndex 305However, Werbach argues, the most significant innovation of blockchain is not governmental or even technological but emotional: the creation of 'a new form of trust,' in which you put your confidence in a store of information without relying on any single person to authenticate it — trust the system, not its parts. The outstanding question is whether this method of cultivating trust is viable, and if it is, in what ways we can best deploy it. The answers we come up with are likely to determine blockchain's future. \u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e—Kevin Werbach is Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Founder of the technology consulting firm Supernova Group, he has advised the FCC and Department of Commerce on communication policy. He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eFor the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301400334565,"sku":"NP9780262038935","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262038935.jpg?v=1767738415","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-blockchain-and-the-new-architecture-of-trust-isbn-9780262038935","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}