{"product_id":"9780008301781","title":"The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the authors of the fascinating The Age of Cryptocurrency, comes the definitive work on the Internet’s next big thing: the blockchain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the ‘legacy systems’ once designed to make our lives easier and our economy more efficient are no longer up to the task; big banks have grown more entrenched, privacy exists only until the next hack, and credit card fraud has become a fact of life. However, there is a way past all this―a new kind of operating system with the potential to revolutionise our economy: the blockchain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Truth Machine, Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna demystify the blockchain and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities; grant billions of excluded people access to the global economy; and shift the balance of power to revive society’s faith in itself. They reveal the empowerment possible when self-interested middlemen give way to the transparency of the blockchain, while highlighting the job losses, assertion of special interests, and threat to social cohesion that will accompany this shift. With a balanced perspective, Casey and Vigna show why we all must care about the path that blockchain technology takes―moving humanity forward, not backward.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284823687317,"sku":"9780008301781","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008301781.jpg?v=1776992055","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008301781","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}