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Marketplaces and the Internet of Value

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This chapter focuses on the importance of e-commerce marketplaces and how the properties of trust, transparency and immutable data, which are brought forth by blockchain, can lead to a fully functioning decentralised marketplace.

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  1. 1.

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/.

  2. 2.

    https://www.walmart.com/.

  3. 3.

    https://www.alibaba.com/.

  4. 4.

    As of September 2020.

  5. 5.

    https://www.uber.com/.

  6. 6.

    https://www.airbnb.co.uk/.

  7. 7.

    https://blog.nem.io/empowering-transparency-and-sustainability-in-supply-chain-through-symbol-blockchain/.

  8. 8.

    https://trackgood.io/.

  9. 9.

    https://openbazaar.org.

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  • Robert R. (2020). Can we put our trust in a decentralized marketplace?

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  • Welfare A. (2019). Commercializing blockchain: Strategic applications in the real world.

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Welfare, A. (2022). Marketplaces and the Internet of Value. In: Vadgama, N., Xu, J., Tasca, P. (eds) Enabling the Internet of Value. Future of Business and Finance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78184-2_11

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