"Blockchain technology is a disruptive technology that affords businesspeople an opportunity to correct problems of dishonesty, corruption, and poor decision-making. This book crafts blockchain technology for the non-technical expert, to interpret the various applications of blockchain...

Introduction and Structure of the Thesis -- Motivation -- The Problem Domain -- Research Design and Goals -- Conceptual Foundation -- Framework Design -- Prototype Development -- Evaluation -- Conclusion.

By making the App Store the only official channel for iPhone owners to buy apps, Apple has created the only market in which iPhone owners and app developers may transact their business. Apple exploits the bottleneck that it creates by imposing a 15 percent or 30 percent commission on...