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Learn Bitcoin and Blockchain

You're reading from   Learn Bitcoin and Blockchain Understanding blockchain and Bitcoin architecture to build decentralized applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789536133
Length 94 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kirankalyan Kulkarni Kirankalyan Kulkarni
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The impact of decentralization

In the previous sections, we looked at how decentralization works and what can be decentralized. In this section, we will look at the following topics:

  • Why are decentralization and blockchain being considered as some of the most important platforms or technologies in today's and the future world?
  • What is the possible impact this technology can bring to today's world and the futuristic vision?

The blockchain technology has been hailed as a revolutionary technology that can dramatically impact the following key factors that play a key role in the day-to-day activities across the globe:

  • Cost of trades or transactions
  • Speed of execution
  • Transparency of all transactions
  • An involvement of intermediaries
  • Security

Each of these factors has implications in almost every industry, be it banking, stock market, legal, agriculture, business, trading...

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