Enabling the Internet of Value

Nikhil Vadgama is Deputy Director of the Centre for Blockchain Technologies at University College London (UCL CBT), United Kingdom, and an adjunct teaching fellow at the UCL School of Management. His research interests focus on emerging technologies and decentralised finance. He has experience in industry in the financial services, real estate and education technology sectors.Jiahua Xu is Research Project Manager and Research Associate at the Centre for Blockchain Technologies at University College London (UCL CBT), United Kingdom. She was previously a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL),Switzerland as well as a research associate at Harvard Business School, Boston MA, USA.Paolo Tasca is a digital economist specialising in P2P financial systems. He has advised on blockchain technologies for different international organisations including the EU Parliament and the United Nations. Paolo is a serial entrepreneur in the blockchain space and is also the founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Blockchain Technologies at University College London (UCL CBT), United Kingdom.

• Part I: Defining the Internet of Value 1.- Chapter 1. Defining the Internet of Value.- Part II: How DLT will evolve in the Future 13.- Chapter 2. Blockchains, DLTs and the Future of Payments 15.- Chapter 3. Consensus: Proof of Work, Proof of Stake and Structural Alternatives. Part III: The Internet of Value and Financial Services 31.- Chapter 4. The New Internet of Value Financial Ecosystem 33.- Chapter 5. From banks to DeFi: the evolution of the lending market 48.- Chapter 6. Real Estate and the Internet of Value.