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Blockchain Quick Reference

By : Mariko Amekodommo, Brenn Hill, Samanyu Chopra, Paul Valencourt
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Blockchain Quick Reference

By: Mariko Amekodommo, Brenn Hill, Samanyu Chopra, Paul Valencourt

Overview of this book

Blockchain Quick Reference takes you through the electrifying world of blockchain technology and is designed for those who want to polish their existing knowledge regarding the various pillars of the blockchain ecosystem. This book is your go-to guide, teaching you how to apply principles and ideas for making your life and business better. You will cover the architecture, Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), tokens, smart contracts, and terminologies of the blockchain technology, before studying how they work. All you need is a curious mind to get started with blockchain technology. Once you have grasped the basics, you will explore components of Ethereum, such as ether tokens, transactions, and smart contracts, in order to build simple Dapps. You will then move on to learning why Solidity is used specifically for Ethereum-based projects, followed by exploring different types of blockchain with easy-to-follow examples. All this will help you tackle challenges and problems. By the end of this book, you will not only have solved current and future problems relating to blockchain technology but will also be able to build efficient decentralized applications.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)

Hyperledger projects

As mentioned, a hyperledger isn't a single blockchain technology, but rather a collection of technologies donated by member companies. While there is a long-term goal of greater integration between projects, currently most of the Hyperledger projects function independently. Each project's core code base was donated by one or more of the Hyperledger member organizations, based on problems they were trying to solve internally before open sourcing the code and handing ownership to the Linux Foundation.

Hyperledger Burrow

Hyperledger Burrow is a re-implementation of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and blockchain technology, but with a few key changes. First, instead of using the proof-of-work...