The Age of Decentralization: How Web3 and Related Technologies will change Industries and our Lives

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Sam Ghosh Subhasis Gorai

The Age of Decentralization

How Web3 and Related Technologies will change Industries and our Lives

Sam Ghosh, Subhasis Gorai

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Productivity Press
15 October 2024

Management: leadership & motivation; Research & development management; Computer security; Network management; Computer architecture & logic design

The Age of Decentralization talks about various decentralization technologies including Web3, decentralized identity, and decentralized storage, and how they can be incorporated in traditional tech architectures to improve technical and business performance.

In this book, the authors take us on a journey through the tech landscape, exploring how decentralized technologies, including Web3, are on the verge of becoming mainstream and offer a practical roadmap for understanding and embracing this shift. Web2 brought us ""the great centralization"" by centralizing not only data but also business processes, blurring the industry boundaries. So, payment platforms started offering e-commerce services and ride-hailing services started delivering food. Scale became the most effective moat. But, at the same time, these huge platforms became a magnet for security threats and started violating user privacy rights and consumer rights. The authors argue that the technological, regulatory, and social landscape is ready for the next evolution of technology systems as decentralization technologies get incorporated into traditional architectures.

This book serves as a guide for readers to understand the fundamentals of Web3 along with other decentralized technologies and creates a framework for incorporating them into traditional architectures. At the same time, the authors explore the organization level as well as the macro implications of decentralized technologies.

By: Sam Ghosh, Subhasis Gorai
Imprint: Productivity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 748g
ISBN: 9781032830230
ISBN 10: 1032830239
Pages: 302
Publication Date: 15 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Why is decentralization the need of the hour? Chapter 3: Decentralization without blockchains. Chapter 4: Primer on Web3 and Distributed Systems. Chapter 5: Decentralized Identity Systems. Chapter 6: Decentralized Storage. Chapter 7: Decentralized Data Science. Chapter 8: Decentralization in Web3. Chapter 9: Decentralization with Token or without Tokens. Chapter 10: Web3 Architectures. Chapter 11: Decentralization of Traditional Architectures with Decentralization Layers. Chapter 12: Regulatory Considerations for Decentralization Layers. Chapter 13: Public vs Private Blockchains for Decentralization Layers. Chapter 14: Economics of Decentralization Layers. Chapter 15: Industry Case Studies. Chapter 16: Epilogue - Decentralization as a separate industry

Sam Ghosh is an engineer, holds an MBA from the University of Calgary, and completed all three levels of the CFA Program. He has been an entrepreneur in the FinTech domain. Sam has been teaching Web3 for the last three years to more than 25 thousand students in 166 countries around the world. Subhasis Gorai, a seasoned technology professional with 19 years of experience, specializes in Enterprise and Web-Scale Applications, and Data Infrastructure. As Principal Engineer at Cloudera, he leads the Replication Manager team, managing diverse use cases like HA and Disaster Recovery. Previously, at Microsoft, Intuit, and Yahoo, he actively contributed to various platform development and Distributed Systems. Subhasis holds an MS in Software Systems from BITS, Pilani, and a Bachelor's degree from NIT, Durgapur.