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Blockchain for Business 2019

By : Peter Lipovyanov
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Blockchain for Business 2019

By: Peter Lipovyanov

Overview of this book

Blockchain for Business 2019 is a comprehensive guide that enables you to bring in various blockchain functionalities to extend your existing business models and make correct fully-informed decisions. You will learn how decentralized applications are transforming numerous business sectors that are expected to play a huge role in the future. You will see how large corporations are already implementing blockchain technology now. You will then learn about the various blockchain services, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hyperledger, and others to understand their use cases in a variety of business domains. You will develop a solid fundamental understanding of blockchain architecture. Moving ahead, you will get to grips with the inner workings of blockchain, with detailed explanations of mining, decentralized consensus, cryptography, smart contracts, and many other important concepts. You will delve into a realistic view of the current state of blockchain technology, along with its issues, limitations, and potential solutions that can take it to the next level. By the end of this book, you will all be well versed in the latest innovations and developments in the emerging blockchain space.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Decentralized autonomous organizations

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are envisaged as autonomous entities that operate on the blockchain in a completely automated, transparent, and publicly-managed way.

These entities can also be referred to as DACs. The relationships among investors, owners, employees, and other stakeholders, as well as the assets and resources of such enterprises, are managed by smart contracts on the blockchain, rather than by legal contracts and organizational bylaws.

Imagine a set of smart contracts that cooperate to manage an organization according to its mission statement and a set of logical rules. They can autonomously execute a business strategy according to plan. They can buy resources or services, hire people or machines for jobs, pay suppliers, partners, and employees, run marketing activities, logistics, distribution, sales, and so...