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by
Kate Baucherel (Author)
This book gives business decision makers and students a clear overview of the history, current applications, and future potential of distributed ledgers and cryptocurrency.
The hype around blockchain technology is matched only by the innovation it inspires and the skepticism it provokes. This book gives business decision makers and students a clear overview of the history, current applications, and future potential of distributed ledgers and cryptocurrency.
It explores strengths and weaknesses, emerging opportunities, and perceived threats. Technical frameworks are presented in a business context to help strategists understand the risks and rewards of different approaches to blockchain implementation, and the decision factors in determining whether this is a viable solution to the problem at hand.
Author Biography
Kate Baucherel is a business development and strategy consultant specializing in the application of emerging tech in business, particularly blockchain and distributed ledger technology. She has held senior technical and financial roles in businesses across multiple sectors, leading several enterprises through their startup and growth phases. Kate’s first job was with an IBM business partner in Denver, back when the AS/400 was a really cool piece of hardware and the World Wide Web didn’t exist, and she has enjoyed the journey to today’s awe-inspiring technical landscape. She holds a 2nd Dan black belt in karate and has two children. Kate’s writing encompasses the factual and the fictional. Her books include nonfiction digital adoption guide Poles Apart: Challenges for business in the digital age, several short stories in the Harvey Duckman Presents…sci-fi anthologies, and the SimCavalier series of futurist thrillers including Bitcoin Hurricane and Hacked Future.
Number of Pages: 190Dimensions: 0.41 x 9 x 6 INPublication Date: March 03, 2020
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