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An in-depth and authoritative treatment of one of the most pressing topics of our time
In Blockchain and Web3: Building the Cryptocurrency, Privacy, and Security Foundations of the Metaverse, two tech and finance experts deliver a comprehensive and accessible guide to the present and future of blockchain technology and how it will form the foundation of a new, better internet.
To support a concept as bold as the Metaverse, we need several orders of magnitude more powerful computing capability, accessible at much lower latencies, across a multitude of devices and screens. You’ll discover how blockchain can accelerate data flow, exchange, and transactions to create and transfer value around the world and, at the same time, how it can be used to protect user data privacy and security with decentralized web infrastructures. The book also includes:
Discussion of new security and privacy issues rising from the intersection of Blockchain, Web3 and Metaverse.A fascinating and eye-opening treatment of the past, present, and future of blockchain and the role it will play on the internet and metaverse, Blockchain and Web3 is a truly original and engaging discussion of a timely and critical topic.
Winston Ma is an investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor in the global digital economy. He is a co-founder and managing partner of CloudTree Ventures and the board chairman of Nasdaq-listed MCAA, a European tech SPAC. Prior to that, he was head of North America Office for CIC, the deputy head of equity capital markets at Barclays Capital, a vice president at JPMorgan investment banking, and a corporate lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. He is the author of bestselling books including The Hunt for Unicorns and The Digital War.
Ken Huang is CEO of DistributedApps and chair of Blockchain Security Working Group for Cloud Security Alliance in the Great China Region. Over the past 18 years, he has worked on application security, identity access management, cloud security, and blockchain for the fintech industry and health care industry. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional since 2007 and is the author of Blockchain Security Technical Guide, published by China Machine Press in 2018.
FOREWORD
Great Leap Forward into Web3 Anthony Scaramucci
Blockchain: The Building Blocks of a Trusted Metaverse Yale Li
The Opportunities and Challenges of Metaverse Clay Lin
Authors’ Notes and Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Preface
PART ONE: Mega Convergence of Digital Technologies in Metaverse
Chapter 1 Metaverse: Convergence of Tech and Business Models
Chapter 2 Blockchain, the Backbone of Web3
PART TWO: Blockchain breakthroughs set the transaction, privacy, and security foundation for the digital economy
Chapter 3 Cryptocurrencies and Tokenomics
Chapter 4 DeFi (Decentralized Finance): Bankless Metaverse
Chapter 5 NFT, Creator Economy, and Open Metaverse
Chapter 6 Blockchain Gaming in Metaverse
Chapter 7 Metaverse Privacy: Blockchain vs. Big Tech
Chapter 8 Metaverse Security
PART THREE: Three-Way War among Open Metaverse, Big Tech Walled Gardens and Sovereign States
Chapter 9 Public Crypto, Government CBDC, and Big Tech Coin
Chapter 10 Web3 Creator Economy on Blockchain
Glossary
Index
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