Tech innovators strike a raw nerve as banks and network pundits rush to condemn volatile cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology. Why are banks terrified while UNICEF Ventures embraces it to help refugee children? Award-winning filmmaker Alex Winter reveals that proponents of blockchain are already using the technology to change the world, fighting income inequality, the refugee crisis, and world hunger.

If you buy an NFT, do you own anything? Critics say no. Then why are people spending so much money to own them--to the tune of $27 billion in 2021? And why are big businesses and venture capital firms investing hundreds of millions to develop NFTs for people's use in the metaverse, a purely imaginary world? In Creators Take Control, Edward Lee offers a compelling new theory he calls "Tokenism" that answers these perplexing questions. Using vivid examples,...

"Teaches you how to design and build blockchain-based decentralized apps. First, you'll get an overview of how blockchain works. Next, you'll code your first smart contract using Ethereum and Solidarity, adding a web interface, trust validation, and other features until your app is ready for deployment. The only thing you need to get started is standard hardware and open source software"--Back cover.

"Richard Heart embarks on a groundbreaking mission to revolutionize the world of finance and bitcoin. Fueled by his unwavering belief in the potential of block chain technology. Heart sets out to create a world-changing network called Pulse Chain...,only to be indicted by the SEC." --

"The Age of Google, built on big data and machine intelligence, has been an awesome era. But it's coming to an end. In Life after Google, George Gilder--the peerless visionary of technology and culture--explains why Silicon Valley is suffering a nervous breakdown and what to expect as the post-Google age dawns. Google's astonishing ability to 'search and sort' attracts the entire world to its search engine and countless other goodies--videos, maps,...