Blockchain

Blockchain: A Hype or a Hoax? fills a gap in the book market to provide

material that is not only technical but also caters to business readers. This

book was written to keep in mind various stakeholders and the current gap

in blockchain education as well as use case implementation.

This book reviews blockchain technology, discusses why proof of con-

cept fails, offers examples of use cases that have been successful and that

have failed and articulates a framework that should be used before decid-

ing whether blockchain is the right technology for transformation. It uses

strategic models and frameworks to assist organisations to see a fit score for

their specific use cases.

This book provides guidance on how to create a blockchain strategy and

a business case to pitch for the budget. It also includes a case study to apply

the knowledge on practical use cases for blockchain and a technical over-

view of most of the blockchain use cases in the market including crypto,

non-fungible tokens, decentralised finance, and decentralised autonomous

organisations, as well as financial and non-financial industry use cases.

This book also provides a detailed overview of most of the mainstream

blockchain products currently available in the market. It also offers guid-

ance on how readers can best educate themselves on blockchain technology

that is available through commercial and free resources.

It concludes with a clear direction on selecting blockchain to solve real-life

use cases that are best fit. A financial and non-financial value-adding frame-

work is discussed throughout this book to assist business leaders, programme

managers, product managers and information technology leaders to make

strategic choices, and business cases and develop strategies for digital trans-

formation through the use of blockchain.

The distinctive feature of this book is the critical analysis of block-

chain from a technology and business perspective. This is the first book

to focus on business, technology and blockchain selection framework.

The most unique feature of this book would be to apply Michael Porter’s

competitive advantage strategy theory on blockchain use cases and their

impact on companies.

This book is aimed at technology students, technology professionals,

blockchain and fintech consultant and business leaders. It will also be use-

ful for readers who are building a business case to adopt blockchain into

an organisation or are seeking to grow their knowledge of blockchain and

improve their fintech strategy.