The blockchain revolution is already here, say Alex and Don Tapscott

The blockchain revolution is already here, say Alex and Don Tapscott

Tech evangelists Alex and Don Tapscott believe blockchain will “rewrite the economic power grid and the old social order.” According to tech evangelists Don and Alex Tapscott, blockchain technology will prove itself the most disruptive technology of the next decade.“We now have an Internet of value that can give us another opportunity to rewrite the economic power grid and the old social order”, said Don Tapscott.However, Tapscott senior underlines that it will take a while to transform established, multi-trillion dollars industries, such as the supply chain and financial transaction....


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