Description
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.
Table of Contents
1. 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.
