This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of blockchains, a significant innovation that has already started to redesign business, social and political interactions. The technology is attracting considerable interest among researchers in industry and academia wanting to study and leverage the potential of blockchains to provide a decentralized and distributed public ledger for all the participating parties.

Comprehensively discussing the current and future challenges, opportunities, applications, business models and values, the book appeals to diverse stakeholders, scholars, practitioners and business leaders interested in.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Web of Value

Chapter 2: Rule of Code

Chapter 3: Messy 

Chapter 4: Business Models

Chapter 5: Roadblocks

Chapter 6: Big Ideas 

Chapter 7: Success Stories

Appendix: Worksheet Activities 

About the Author

Nitin Upadhyay is a researcher, inventor, innovator, consultant, leader, coach, academician, and a prolific writer. He is an influencer and a regular contributor as “Bloggist” to Times of India, Economic Times and India Times. He is a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of Arts London and Fellow of Institute of Engineers (I). Over the years he has engaged with select top Fortune 500 companies. He is a leading authority and speaker on innovation, design, cloud computing, big data & analytics, future technology, and user experience. He is currently working in the area of information technology and is a core member of the Big Data Analytics programme, Goa Institute of Management, India. He is also the Chair and Head of the Centre for Innovation at Goa Institute of Management. He has wide industry, academic, consultancy, and research experience and is a Member Board of the Governors and an Executive member and Chair of Cloud SLAs (service-level agreements) for the Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India. He has worked with Samsung Advanced Research at South Korea and Bangalore for many flag-ship projects and drove the whole gamut of innovation. He has contributed 100+ peer-reviewed publications/presentations/posters/talks and 12 books.