{"id":373560,"date":"2021-11-28T21:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tech-transformation-don-tapscotts-platform-revolution-book-review\/"},"modified":"2021-11-28T21:49:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T18:49:00","slug":"tech-transformation-don-tapscotts-platform-revolution-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tech-transformation-don-tapscotts-platform-revolution-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"# Tech transformation: Don Tapscott\u2019s \u2018Platform Revolution\u2019 book review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28b7dc49687\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28b7dc49687\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tech-transformation-don-tapscotts-platform-revolution-book-review\/#Understanding_the_trivergence_of_blockchain_technology\" >Understanding the trivergence of blockchain technology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tech-transformation-don-tapscotts-platform-revolution-book-review\/#The_threat_of_quantum_computing\" >The threat of quantum computing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tech-transformation-don-tapscotts-platform-revolution-book-review\/#How_blockchain_relates_to_other_technologies\" >How blockchain relates to other technologies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong># Tech transformation: Don Tapscott\u2019s \u2018Platform Revolution\u2019 book review <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjEtMTEvY2RiZjhiMWEtNzY1MC00ZTI0LWFmZGUtMzM0ZGFiM2FlOTM3LmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-128018ef>Enterprise blockchain started to take shape in 2016, a time when companies like IBM began to leverage private networks for supply chain management. It was also during 2016 that author Don Tapscott wrote and published <em>Blockchain Revolution<\/em>, a book that examines the way that blockchain will transform a number of industries.<\/p>\n<p>Following the release of <em>Blockchain Revolution<\/em>, Tapscott \u2014 who is also co-founder of the Blockchain Research Institute \u2014 published <em>Supply Chain Revolution<\/em><em> <\/em>in August 2020. Given the timing of the book\u2019s publication, <em>Supply Chain Revolution <\/em>detailed the way the COVID-19 pandemic exposed glitches throughout supply chains across the world, further explaining how blockchain could be used to solve these challenges. <\/p>\n<p>Almost a year after the release of <em>Supply Chain Revolution<\/em>, Tapscott has published his latest book, <em>Platform Revolution. <\/em>Unlike his other two books that explain what blockchain is and how it can be <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied to advance certain industries, <em>Platform Revolution<\/em> goes a step further, taking the thesis that blockchain has reached \u201cplatform status.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Specifically speaking, Tapscott told Cointelegraph that blockchain has matured so much over the years that firms and industries are now building new models upon blockchain as a \u201cplatform.\u201d Moreover, Tapscott believes that blockchain has reached a \u201ctrivergence\u201d point, making it the greatest <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> of today\u2019s digital age:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere are lots of new technologies in today\u2019s second era of the digital age, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and the Internet of Things. In the end though, the greatest of these technologies is blockchain, which is \u2018triverging\u2019 with all of these other technologies.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Understanding_the_trivergence_of_blockchain_technology\"><\/span>Understanding the trivergence of blockchain technology<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Tapscott explains throughout the eight chapters of <em>Platform Revolution<\/em> the way that firms, supply chains and sectors of the economy are building upon blockchain as a platform to make further advancements. <\/p>\n<p>In order to describe the trivergence of blockchain with AI, machine learning and IoT, Chapter 1 of <em>Platform Revolution<\/em> discusses the way blockchain can secure the future of the digital age. In a nutshell, this chapter talks about digital conglomerates like <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> (now Meta) and Google, noting that these entities act as landlords for user data. \u201cWe create the data and these companies take it away. We are then left with almost nothing \u2014 we can\u2019t monetize our data or secure that data as our privacy is being undermined,\u201d said Tapscott. <\/p>\n<p>To solve this ongoing dilemma, Chapter 1 explains the way that open access, fair participation and self-sovereign identity on a blockchain network can improve web access. In particular, the chapter focuses on the way blockchain can solve the problem of manipulation, promote fairness, protect the rights of content creators and more. While this may be, Chapter 1 also details why the trivergence of blockchain, AI and IoT will ultimately lead to Web 3.0. This is described as a network where billions of people, devices and decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, will be able to transact and analyze data for better decision making. <\/p>\n<p>The book\u2019s second chapter examines blockchain\u2019s impact on big data. \u201cBig data\u201d is characterized here as a new asset class that may trump all other assets, given the notion that digital conglomerates have been privately stockpiling user data for years. Yet through encryption technologies like those found within blockchain networks, new privacy rights and property rights to data could very well be achieved. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:\u00a0Book review of Don Tapscott\u2019s collaborative \u2018Supply Chain Revolution\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 3 is an important section of <em>Platform Revolution<\/em>, as Tapscott and his co-author Anjan Vinod thoroughly examine the relationship between blockchain and AI. According to Tapscott and Vinod, AI is making blockchain one of the broadest technological revolutions ever. This chapter explains the way blockchain can provide a decentralized infrastructure for the entire AI ecosystem. For example, it\u2019s noted here that a decentralized blockchain-based solution may ensure a more democratized, yet secure, means for transmitting data required for AI models. <\/p>\n<p>Chapter 4 further focuses on blockchain and IoT, noting that connected devices will require a ledger to learn and adapt to new things. \u201cIt\u2019s where the rubber meets the road for blockchain,\u201d writes Tapscott. While implementation challenges such as quantum computing are also mentioned throughout Chapter 4, this section ultimately describes Web 3.0 as running in a distributed cloud, with a combination of decentralized public and private servers with edge computing capabilities.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_threat_of_quantum_computing\"><\/span>The threat of quantum computing <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While the impact of blockchain on autonomous vehicles is discussed throughout Chapters 5 and 6, ensuring that Web 3.0 remains distributed and quantum-proof is detailed in Chapters 7 and 8 of <em>Platform Revolution<\/em>. In particular, the quantum threat to the cybersecurity of global IT systems is analyzed. <\/p>\n<p>For instance, Chapter 7 notes that \u201cThere is a one-in-seven chance that a quantum computer will be commercially available by 2026.\u201d In turn, Chapter 8 highlights the need for governance of standards development at three levels: protocol, application and ecosystem. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:\u00a0\u2018Blockland\u2019 book review: Part gonzo, part Bitcoin-thriller, 100% recommended<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The author of Chapter 8, Christian Keil, details in-depth the different layers of the blockchain technology stack, concluding that stakeholder involvement and the power of network effects are needed for standards development. \u201cThe blockchain community needs a standard like OSI, with which cataloging, organizing, and communicating advances in this new technology might be made significantly easier,\u201d writes Keil. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_blockchain_relates_to_other_technologies\"><\/span>How blockchain relates to other technologies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>Platform Revolution<\/em> concludes with the notion that blockchain is still in its early stages and that its success will depend on how well the current challenges and opportunities are handled for its development. While it\u2019s difficult to predict the future, Tapscott mentioned that the goal behind <em>Platform Revolution <\/em>is to help people understand the way blockchain fits in with other technologies: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis book introduces the concept of trivergence, while explaining the relationship between blockchain, AI, IoT, big data and quantum computing. These are all topics people struggle to understand.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This in mind, <em>Platform Revolution<\/em> is a must-read for individuals curious about the technologies within the second era of the digital age. For instance, while some may only be familiar with mainstream concepts like AI, <em>Platform Revolution<\/em>\u00a0explains the way blockchain relates to artificial intelligence and other popular technologies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The book further underscores why blockchain will continue to serve as the backbone for industries, economies, supply chains and other aspects of our lives. \u201cThese are all big technologies that everyone is talking about. <em>Platform Revolution<\/em> explains the way they fit together and why blockchain is central to everything,\u201d added Tapscott.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"nifty_newsletter\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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