Blockchain Bubble or Revolution: The Present and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

You’ll learn the core concepts of these technologies and understand their strengths and weaknesses from real-world case studies; dive deep into their technical, economic, political, and legal complexities; and gain insights about their future from exclusive interviews with dozens of tech industry leaders. No coding or math needed!

Are cryptocurrencies and blockchains a bubble or a revolution? We’ll help you decide for yourself.

What's inside:

• How Bitcoin and blockchains work from a technical perspective with no assumed technical knowledge
• Satoshi Nakamoto and the history of Bitcoin, the original blockchain

• A thorough overview of crucial crypto concepts (eg. blocks, keys, mining, nodes, etc.)
• Frameworks for understanding when it actually makes sense to use blockchain
• Major application scenarios for blockchain and cryptocurrencies and where it'll fall flat

• Emerging trends in blockchain technology
• What you should know before buying any cryptocurrency

• An overview of Etherum and smart contracts

• An overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the top altcoins and stable coins, including Monero (XMR), Tether (USDT), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

• Alternatives to blockchain and cryptocurrencies

• New kinds of decentralized ledger technology (dlt)

• The economics of both traditional payment methods and cryptocurrencies
• Cryptocurrency security best practices and major breach case studies

• How blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and traditional banking and finance will interact with one another in the future

• Public blockchains vs private blockchains

• Limitations and shortcomings of public blockchains and cryptocurrencies

• The role of blockchain in the strategy of top tech companies like Facebook and Microsoft

• Case studies of how non-tech companies are effectively utilizing blockchain (eg. Walmart using it to prevent foodborne illness)

• Business blockchain case studies ranging from gaming (e.g. Xbox) to cloud services (e.g. Microsoft Azure’s blockchain-as-a-service and Amazon’s AWS offering)

• Blockchain’s use for big data, internet of things (IoT), and machine learning (ML)
  

• ICOs vs STOs vs IPOs

• ICOs’ status as securities

• The SEC’s STO rules and Reg A+/CF/D/S

• KYC and AML laws

• The debate over whether cryptocurrencies are securities

• The official stance of various countries on crypto

• An overview of crypto policy and regulatory hurdles

• The role of crypto in emerging markets and China

• Digital democracy and voting on the blockchain

• If, how, and when the tokenization of national currencies will play out

• Facebook and WhatsApp’s upcoming cryptocurrencies

• Currency tokenization and China’s efforts to tokenize the yuan

• Blockchain, IoT, and the tangle

• Cryptocurrencies vs. fiat vs. the gold standard

• Predictions about the future of money, business, and currency

• Why blockchains would do better on Mars than Earth