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The blockchain is exactly why I looked for the framework. For the skeptics and the curious, I looked for the real purpose of a blockchain, the real reason for the existence of a decentralized system. I looked for the reason why cryptocurrencies generate such hype. Why large industrial organizations, banks, insurance companies, and even governments are strategically involved in cryptocurrencies. I looked for the reason why many of these individuals and organizations were working together, when in the real economy, they were often bitter competitors. Why this sudden co-opetition? Why are those in competition co-operating at the same time?

At some point in my investigation, it all became clear to me. I had stepped out of the dark of the wood and was now bathed in sunshine. I could clearly see the trees, the trunks, the leaves, the ferns and all the flora. I had found it: the truth!

Ok, that sounds a bit theatrical and possibly even esoteric, but it isn’t. The truth is an integral part of a certain kind of blockchain. To formulate it in a different way:

We can rely 100 percent on the information of a public blockchain

Like the Bitcoin blockchain, which is the first and strongest blockchain to date. It contains an unalterable record of all transactions made since the first Bitcoin was created. No intelligence on this Earth can ever change this. No individual person, group of people, computer group or even an artificial intelligence can alter the transactions of the Bitcoin blockchain.

That was the “Wow” moment for me. You’re probably thinking that you already knew that. You already knew that a blockchain is a record of all processes and is immune to changes. You already knew that it is a solid database. That is how blockchains are often characterized, right?

Yes, that is how they are described. But exactly what that all means is rarely correctly understood or communicated.

We know how a blockchain works. We know all the things that you can do with a blockchain. But what we don’t really know is why you should do all of that with a blockchain. The truth, which is stored unalterably by the data in a public blockchain, will change our world. Certainly, and inevitably.

That is why I decided to write this book. It is a complete handbook for the new age of truth. One which will lead the reader into the fascinating world of cryptos.