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Advanced Blockchain Development

By : Imran Bashir, Narayan Prusty
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Advanced Blockchain Development

By: Imran Bashir, Narayan Prusty

Overview of this book

Blockchain technology is a distributed ledger with applications in industries such as finance, government, and media. This Learning Path is your guide to building blockchain networks using Ethereum, JavaScript, and Solidity. You will get started by understanding the technical foundations of blockchain technology, including distributed systems, cryptography and how this digital ledger keeps data secure. Further into the chapters, you’ll gain insights into developing applications using Ethereum and Hyperledger. As you build on your knowledge of Ether security, mining, smart contracts, and Solidity, you’ll learn how to create robust and secure applications that run exactly as programmed without being affected by fraud, censorship, or third-party interference. Toward the concluding chapters, you’ll explore how blockchain solutions can be implemented in applications such as IoT apps, in addition to its use in currencies. This Learning Path also highlights how you can increase blockchain scalability, and discusses the future scope of this fascinating and powerful technology. By the end of this Learning Path, you'll be equipped with the skills you need to tackle pain points encountered in the blockchain life cycle and confidently design and deploy decentralized applications.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
15
Blockchain - Outside of Currencies
16
Scalability and Other Challenges
Index

Projects under Hyperledger


There are two categories of projects under Hyperledger. The first is blockchain projects and the second category is relevant tools or modules that support these blockchains.

Currently, there are five blockchain framework projects under the Hyperledger umbrella: Fabric, Sawtooth Lake, Iroha, Burrow, and Indy. Under modules, there are the Hyperledger Cello, Hyperledger Composer, Hyperledger Explorer, and Hyperledger Quilt. The Hyperledger project currently has more than 200-member organizations and is very active with many contributors, with regular meet-ups and talks organized around the globe.

A brief introduction of all these projects follows, after which we will see more details around the design, architecture, and implementation of Fabric and Sawtooth Lake.

Fabric

The fabric is a blockchain project that was proposed by IBM and DAH (Digital Asset Holdings). This blockchain framework implementation is intended to provide a foundation for the development of blockchain...