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A no-nonsense guide to blockchain's role in business, industry, and the global economy Key Features * How your business can adapt to the threats and opportunities blockchain brings * A no-nonsense guide to the strengths and weaknesses of blockchain solutions * What blockchain is, where it came from, and what it will become Book Description Blockchain is transforming the way businesses handle all kinds of transactions and agreements. After years of hype, the dust around blockchain has settled to reveal real, game-changing use cases that you can implement now. In Frontiers of Blockchain, Yannis Kalfoglou gives you a no-nonsense overview from the cutting edge of blockchain, showing you how it works and what it can do. From the principles that make it work, to key industrial use cases and best practices for implementation, Frontiers of Blockchain explains where and how blockchain technologies can make a difference to businesses and economies worldwide. With so much hype and confusion around blockchain, Frontiers of Blockchain provides the straightforward, detailed guidance you need to understand its potential. What You Will Learn * The role of smart contracts and decentralized computing * The true potential of blockchain and cryptocurrency to change how economies work * How blockchain technology is affecting and will affect various key industries * Real-world examples of companies putting blockchain to work today * Limitations of blockchain: the hype you shouldn't believe * How blockchain will integrate with and change digital technologies * How blockchain technology can lead to a brighter future for all About the Author Yannis Kalfoglou, PhD, is a blockchain expert and practitioner with over 25 years' experience in technology, specialising in putting emerging technologies to work. Dr Kalfoglou has 6 years of hands-on experience with commercial-scale blockchain across diverse industries, including buy-side in the capital markets, insurance, ecosystems' platforms, supply chain, and banking. He regularly appears at blockchain events as an invited speaker and panellist for thought leadership and positioning with regards to smart contract solutions, blockchain network ecosystem build up, and roadmapping with technology and vendor choices. He has led the blockchain efforts at a large global asset manager in the capital markets. He also pioneered proof-of-concept blockchain work in the smart contracting space for management fees, worked with post-trading reconciliation and settlement solutions using blockchain technology, and evangelized use cases of blockchain across all functions in institutional asset management. Dr Kalfoglou has also been involved with and advised blockchain startups in the insurance space for parametric and automatic insurance pay-outs, in the banking space for fiat-to-crypto vertical integration for retail markets, in the data marketplace space for the use of AI technology to determine optimum demand/supply pricing, and in a number of ad-hoc engagements to advise clients on roadmapping and strategies for ICOs. Prior to his blockchain journey, Dr Kalfoglou was a leading researcher in Artificial Intelligence (AI). He is widely recognized as an early pioneer in semantic interoperability for heterogeneous systems' integration – a prerequisite for today's complex, mixed-structured digital ecosystems. He spent over 15 years researching, developing and deploying AI solutions. Dr Kalfoglou holds a PhD in AI from the University of Edinburgh and a 1st class honours in Computer Science. He is an advisory board member for startups and a technology reviewer for EU sponsored programmes.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781838558970
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 350
  • ISBN-10: 1838558977
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: How blockchain technology is changing industries


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