# Quote — Don Tapscott, Blockchain Revolution

> Distributed ledger technology can liberate many financial services from the confines of old institutions, fostering competition and innovation. That’s good for the end user. Even when connected to the old Internet, billions of people are excluded from the economy for the simple reason that financial institutions don’t provide services like banking to them because they would be unprofitable and risky customers.

- Author: [Don Tapscott](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-tapscott.md)
- Book: [Blockchain Revolution](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-tapscott/blockchain-revolution.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Don_Tapscott#The_Blockchain_Revolution:_How_the_Technology_Behind_Bitcoin_is_Changing_Money,_Business,_and_the_World) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-tapscott/blockchain-revolution/distributed-ledger-technology

## More from this book

> Technology doesn’t create prosperity any more than it destroys privacy.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-tapscott/blockchain-revolution/technology-doesnt-create.md)

> If we design for integrity, power, value, privacy, security, rights, and inclusion, then we will be redesigning our economy and social institutions to be worthy of trust. We now turn our attention to how this could roll out and what you should consider doing.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-tapscott/blockchain-revolution/if-we-design.md)

> We look at how blockchain technologies can change what it means to be a citizen and participate in the political process, from voting and accessing social services to solving some of society’s big hairy problems and holding elected representatives accountable for the promises that got them elected.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-tapscott/blockchain-revolution/we-look-at-how.md)