Awards

• Short-listed for Business Book Awards: Specialist Business Book Category 2022

Overview

Are you struggling to understand what blockchain technology does and how it can benefit your business? The Blockchain Innovator’s Handbook is an accessible guide for leaders. It covers everything from opportunity identification to implementation and shows how to unlock new business opportunities in a fast-changing environment. This book will enable you to: Understand the fundamentals of blockchain technology and its vocabulary Identify the threats and opportunities for your business Implement blockchain solutions to drive business transformation and stay ahead of the curve Pitch blockchain to your board or leadership team

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9781781336427

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'This book is the go-to guide on the value of blockchain in enterprise scenarios and how to approach implementing a blockchain-based solution.' - Mark Russinovich, Azure CTO and Technical Fellow, Microsoft 'Conor is a deep domain expert in Ethereum technology and has sketched a thoughtful map of the foothills of a global economic and social paradigm shift of mountainous proportions that will make previous paradigms look like molehills. This is an authoritative and inspiring account of how and why the disruptive technologies enabled by decentralized protocols - blockchain, cryptocurrencies, digital assets, NFTs, DAOs - will remake the world and bring far greater economic and political agency to the broad population.' - Joseph Lubin, CEO and Founder, ConsenSys and Co-founder, Ethereum 'Only the most knowledgeable experts who are also gifted communicators can make complex things sound easy. Conor Svensson has that rare combination of skills. The book is not only an excellent read, but a very important one, too.' - Raoul Pal, CEO/Co-founder, Real Vision Group and CEO/Founder, Global Macro Investor 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook is not only an essential guide for the novice and expert alike, it also provides a straightforward action plan for business leaders to get started and get results. It is a timely work that can help ensure you don't miss the next business revolution powered by blockchain.' - Todd McDonald, Co-founder, R3 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook is not only a great blockchain ecosystem primer, but also a fantastic springboard into an innovator mindset.' - Marley Gray, Chairman of the InterWork Alliance and Principal Architect, Microsoft 'This book is a very relevant read if you want to understand the current world and potential of the decentralised economy. Our behavior has been forever changed and you will need to adapt your business models, are you prepared?' - Mariana Gomez de la Villa, Program Director Distributed Ledger Technology, ING 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook is an essential read. It not only provides a primer on blockchain technology and the many innovations that have emerged from it, such as cryptocurrencies, decentralised identity, NFTs and DeFi, but it also provides a pragmatic guide on how enterprises should approach its adoption to harness its full potential.' - David Palmer, Blockchain Lead IoT, Vodafone Business 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook explains in depth the concept of blockchain in terms that are easy to understand and provides a comprehensive and practical guide for innovators who want to understand the journey needed to build solutions using blockchain.' - Susan David Carevic, IT Officer, Carbon Markets and Innovation, Climate Change Group, The World Bank 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook provides breadth in its coverage of blockchain technology and terminology, and depth in the detail of finding and bringing a solution to market. Whether your innovation relies on blockchain or a completely different disruptive technology, Conor's step-by-step approach from exploration through to deployment will benefit both new and seasoned technology adopters alike.' - Daniel C. Burnett, Executive Director, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance 'A comprehensive summary of blockchain's past, present and future. A useful guide for any executive looking to explore or integrate DLT and Web3 technologies in their organisation. Lots of useful learning tools, tips and strategies in an easy-to-understand format.' - Dr Naseem Naqvi, President, The British Blockchain Association 'In his book, Conor has deftly crafted the 'go-to' blockchain survival guide, of particular value to the corporate innovator. Well researched and engaging, it quickly builds foundation knowledge, dispelling common myths along the way and ending with a robust toolkit to support the first exciting implementation opportunities.' - Alex Banks, former Head of Innovation, NatWest Markets and CTO/Co-founder, Pet Proactive Insurance 'Decentralization and the democratization of innovation aligns incentives and creates an unstoppable flywheel to build communities and deliver new products to market with global reach at a much lower cost than ever before. The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook shares comprehensive insight and pragmatic guidance to position you and your business for the paradigm shift to blockchain networks, cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance.' - Shawn Douglass, CEO and Co-founder, Amberdata 'Conor has taken a subject which is often misunderstood and laid it out in a very accessible and logical way. I was left feeling enthused about the extensive possibilities for innovation around blockchain and the future it brings. Very accessible and builds knowledge throughout.' - Adam Clarke, CTO, Fnality International

Author Information

Conor Svensson is the founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, who work with large organisations, such as Microsoft, JP Morgan, Vodafone, R3 and ConsenSys, to drive strategic initiatives and innovation with blockchain. He is also the host of the podcasts This Week in Blockchain and Blockchain Innovators. Conor helped drive the creation of a number of key blockchain industry standards within the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and Interwork Alliance. He also served on the TSC of the Baseline Protocol. He is author of the widely used blockchain integration library Web3j. Find out www.web3labs.com.

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