It shows how blockchains can be redesigned to account for key economic trade-offs, and will be of interest to researchers and students of economics, financial technology and computer science, alongside policymakers.
Joshua Gans is a Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair in Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He is also chief economist of its Creative Destruction Lab and oversees its blockchain program for startups.
Innehållsförteckning
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Value of Blockchain Consensus.- Chapter 3: Security versus timeliness.- Chapter 4: Permissioned versus permissionless.- Chapter 5: Proof of work versus proof of stake.- Chapter 6: Cryptography versus incentives.- Chapter 7: Rules versus mechanisms.