ABSTRACT
Blockchain is no longer just about bitcoin or cryptocurrencies in general. Instead, it can be seen as a disruptive, revolutionary technology which will have major impacts on multiple aspects of our lives. The revolutionary power of such technology compares with the revolution sparked by the World Wide Web and the Internet in general. Just as the Internet is a means of sharing information, so blockchain technologies can be seen as a way to introduce the next level: sharing value.
Blockchain and Web 3.0 fills the gap in our understanding of blockchain technologies by hosting a discussion of the new technologies in a variety of disciplinary settings. Indeed, this volume explains how such technologies are disruptive and comparatively examines the social, economic, technological and legal consequences of these disruptions. Such a comparative perspective has previously been underemphasized in the debate about blockchain, which has subsequently led to weaknesses in our understanding of decentralized technologies.
Underlining the risks and opportunities offered by the advent of blockchain technologies and the rise of Web 3.0, this book will appeal to researchers and academics interested in fields such as sociology and social policy, cyberculture, new media and privacy and data protection.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|81 pages
Socio-economic aspects and consequences of decentralized technologies
chapter Chapter 2|15 pages
The block is hot
chapter Chapter 3|18 pages
Can permissionless blockchains be regulated and resolve some of the problems of copyright law?
part II|79 pages
Blockchain and digital media
chapter Chapter 8|16 pages
The logics of technology decentralization – the case of distributed ledger technologies
chapter Chapter 10|15 pages
Blockchained to what (end)? A socio-material provocation to check distributed futures
chapter Chapter 11|15 pages
Blockchain and data market
part III|134 pages
Technological aspects and consequences of decentralized technologies