Blockchain: The Simplest Answers to the Most Complex Questions About the Blockchain

The undisputed original design manual explaining the what, why, and how of the blockchain.

The Internet is being rewired by new technology layers called blockchains, which pose a danger to older legacy systems and enterprises that rely on centralized services. A blockchain's primary goal is to infuse confidence into the network, preventing some intermediaries from performing that function and ingeniously changing how they work in the process. Blockchains are the ultimate non-stop computers, metaphorically speaking. They are stable and appealing for powering a new generation of decentralized services and software applications since they never go offline and offer a tremendous amount of resilience.

By dissecting the blockchain's components in a way that has never been done before, The Business Blockchain advances our understanding of the technology. According to William Mougayar, there will be thousands, if not millions, of blockchains in the future that will allow for frictionless value exchange as well as a new flow of value that will redefine roles, relationships, power, and governance. Mougayar offers two further strategic claims in this work. First, because the blockchain has polymorphic properties, using it will have a variety of outcomes. Second, we shouldn't limit our understanding of the blockchain's potential by asking ourselves what issues it resolves. Instead, we should explore novel possibilities and take on even more challenging issues that transcend organizational, legal, and intellectual borders.

Blockchains are being used to develop "smart contracts," or autonomous computer programs, to hasten the creation of financial instruments, to coordinate the sharing of data and information, and to simplify interactions between machines and people. By supporting new organizational structures that encourage more democratic and participatory decision-making, technology may have an impact on governance itself.

Primavera This potential is acknowledged by De Filippi and Aaron Wright, who call for the law to catch up. This is so that crucial regulation can be subverted by disintermediation, a blockchain's greatest strength. Blockchains face the risk of weakening the ability of governmental authorities to regulate operations in banking, trade, the law, and other important areas by eliminating middlemen like huge online operators and multinational enterprises.

De Filippi and Wright applaud the new opportunities that blockchains provide. However, as Blockchain and the Law makes clear, the technology cannot be effectively utilized without new laws and new ways of approaching the law.