Land of the Rising Blockchain

The transformative potential of blockchain technology can impact a wide array of industries and geographies. This book focuses on blockchain's particular implications for Japan. The topics covered are relevant to innovation ecosystems worldwide; however, we believe that Japan is the most interesting place to start. Japan has sometimes gained a reputation internationally as slow to change. On the contrary, we believe that Japan can change extremely rapidly when dominant forces at the top fall into alignment. This alignment appears to be happening with blockchain in Japan.Profits from the sale of this book are directed to Japan's Tohoku region, still rebuilding from the Great East Japan Earthquake.