The technology likely to have the greatest impact on the future of the world economy has arrived and its not self-driving cars solar energy or artificial intelligence.

Its called the blockchain.
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The first generation of the digital revolution brought us the Internet of information. The second genera?tionpowered by blockchain technologyis bringing us the Internet of value: a new distributed platform that can help us reshape the world of business and transform the old order of human affairs for the better.
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Blockchain is the ingeniously simple revolution?ary protocol that allows transactions to be simul?taneously anonymous and secure by maintaining a tamperproof public ledger of value. Though its the technology that drives bitcoin and other digital cur?rencies the underlying framework has the potential to go far beyond these and record virtually everything of value to humankind from birth and death certifi?cates to insurance claims and even votes.
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Why should you care? Maybe youre a music lover who wants artists to make a living off their art. Or a consumer who wants to know where that hamburger meat really came from. Perhaps you??re an immigrant who??s sick of paying big fees to send money home to loved ones. Or an entrepreneur looking for a new platform to build a business.
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And those examples are barely the tip of the ice??berg. This technology is public?? encrypted?? and readily available for anyone to use. I