What’s this booklet about?
In 2009, a quiet revolution began when a paper was posted to a cryptography mailing list. The paper, titled „Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System“, was written by the mysterious individual (or group) Satoshi Nakamoto. As people began experimenting with his invention, Bitcoin went through waves of adoption and reached unheard-of values, with its most recent peak in 2017.
While bitcoin stole the spotlight for a long time, it is the distributed ledger behind it, that has caught the attention of cryptographers and developers alike. This so-called blockchain has the potential to revolutionize the supply chain. According to Goldman Sachs, “it changes the way we buy and sell, interact with governments, and verify the authenticity of everything from property titles to organic vegetables.”
According to this investment bank, we’re only at the very beginning in the journey of adoption. In the following years, we will hit various milestones that will help reshape the global economy.