Préface
This accessible text demystifies key Web3 tools like blockchain, smart contracts, and tokenomics, exploring their transformative potential.

Auteur

Ken Huang is an influential leader in Web3, AI, and cybersecurity. As Chair of the CSA GCR Blockchain Security Working Group, he shapes best practices globally. He is co-author of the book Blockchain and Web3 (2022) recommended as a 'must-read' by TechTarget. With over twenty years of experience across fintech, government, and startups, he provides Web3 and AI consulting as CEO of DistributedApps. He was a judge for major AI and blockchain startup contests by Google, Softbank, and Stanford in 2018. He has presented globally at Davos, ACM, IEEE, the World Bank, and the 2023 CSA AI Summit.

Texte du rabat

Web3 is a new frontier of internet architecture emphasizing decentralization and user control. This text for MBA students and industry professionals explores key Web3 concepts, starting from foundational principles and moving to advanced topics like blockchain, smart contracts, tokenomics, and DeFi. The book takes a clear, practical approach to demystify the tech behind NFTs and DAOs as well as the complex regulatory landscape. It confronts challenges of blockchain scalability, a barrier to mainstream adoption of this transformative technology, and examines smart contracts and the growing ecosystem leveraging their potential. The book also explains the nuances of tokenomics, a vital element underpinning Web3's new economic model. This book is ideal for readers seeking to stay on top of emerging trends in the digital economy.

Contenu

Web3 concepts and general introduction; 2. The first principles of Web3; 3. Blockchains: the foundation; 4. The scalability of Web3; 5. The smart contract ecosystem; 6. The tokenomics for Web3; 7. DeFi and next generation of FinTech; 8. NFT and Its ecosystem; 9. Decentralized autonomous organizations and organization formation on Web3; 10. Regulatory aspects of Web3; 11. Web3 and the future of web.