Blockchain Enabled Applications
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Blockchain Enabled Applications

Understand the Blockchain Ecosystem and How to Make it Work for You

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eBook - ePub

Blockchain Enabled Applications

Understand the Blockchain Ecosystem and How to Make it Work for You

About this book

Learn all about blockchain and its applications in cryptocurrency, healthcare, Internet of Things, finance, decentralized organizations, and more. Featuring case studies and practical insights, this book covers a unique mix of topics and offers insight into how to overcome hurdles that arise as the market and consumers grow accustomed to blockchain-based organizations and services.

The book is divided into three major sections. The first section provides a historical background to blockchain technology. You will start with a historical context to financial capital markets when Bitcoin was invented, followed by mining protocols, the need for consensus, hardware mining, etc. Next, a formal introduction to blockchain is provided covering transaction workflow, role of decentralized network, and payment verification. Then, we dive deep into a different implementation of a blockchain: Ethereum. The main technical features, such as Ethereum Virtual Machine, are presentedalong with the smart contract programming language, Solidity.

In this second section, you will look at some modern use cases for blockchain from a decentralized autonomous organization, high-performance computing in Ethereum and off-grid computations, and healthcare and scientific discovery. The final section of the book looks toward the future of blockchain. This is followed by chapters covering the rise of consortia in the blockchain world, the Hyperledger project, particularly the updates since 2018, and a chapter on educational blockchain games. This is followed by updates to EOS.IO, Chain Core, and Quorum, ICOs and a look at the major changes to financial markets brought about by blockchain and decentralized networks.

What You Will Learn

  • Get an overview of the popular games employed to teach the basic concepts of blockchain and decentralized networks
  • Be familiar with the rise of blockchain consortiums as well as updates to Hyperledger Project, 2020
  • Find out about cloud blockchains, including Microsoft Azure and Amazon Webservices, and how to set up test environments
  • Study machine learning integration in the blockchain and the role of smart contracts


Who This Book Is For

Blockchain developers interested in keeping up with the newest updates and students looking for a broad overview of this vast ecosystem, plus business executives who want to make informed product decisions about including blockchain as well as policy makers who want a better understanding of the current use cases

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Yes, you can access Blockchain Enabled Applications by Vikram Dhillon,David Metcalf,Max Hooper in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Computer Science & Web Programming. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Apress
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781484265338
eBook ISBN
9781484265345
Edition
2
Topic
Computer Science
Subtopic
Web Programming
Index
Computer Science

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. 1.Ā Behold the Dreamers
  4. 2.Ā The Gold Rush: Mining Bitcoin
  5. 3.Ā Foundations of a Blockchain
  6. 4.Ā Unpacking Ethereum
  7. 5.Ā Decentralized Organizations
  8. 6.Ā The DAO Hacked
  9. 7.Ā High-Performance Computing
  10. 8.Ā Blockchain in Science
  11. 9.Ā Blockchain in Healthcare
  12. 10.Ā Lean Blockchain
  13. 11.Ā Blockchain 3.0
  14. 12.Ā Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital Markets
  15. 13.Ā Building a Healthcare Consortium
  16. 14.Ā Blockchain-as-a-Service
  17. 15.Ā Rise of Blockchain Consortia
  18. 16.Ā The Art of the Newly Possible: Transforming Health with Emerging Technology and Federated Learning
  19. 17.Ā Formal Blockchain Research and Education
  20. 18.Ā Blockchain Simulation
  21. Back Matter