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Hyperledger Cookbook

By : Xun (Brian) Wu, Chuanfeng Zhang, Zhibin (Andrew) Zhang
Book Image

Hyperledger Cookbook

By: Xun (Brian) Wu, Chuanfeng Zhang, Zhibin (Andrew) Zhang

Overview of this book

Hyperledger is an open-source project and creates private blockchain applications for a range of domains. This book will be your desk reference as you explore common and not-so-common challenges faced while building blockchain networks using Hyperledger services. We'll work through all Hyperledger platform modules to understand their services and features and build end-to-end blockchain applications using various frameworks and tools supported by Hyperledger. This book's independent, recipe-based approach (packed with real-world examples) will familiarize you with the blockchain development cycle. From modeling a business network to integrating with various tools, you will cover it all. We'll cover common and not-so-common challenges faced in the blockchain life cycle. Later, we'll delve into how we can interact with the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain, covering all the principles you need to master, such as chaincode, smart contracts, and much more. We'll also address the scalability and security issues currently faced in blockchain development. By the end of this book, you will be able to implement each recipe to plan, design, and create a full-fledged, private, decentralized application to meet organizational needs.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Writing chaincode as a smart contract

Chaincode in Hyperledger Fabric is similar to smart contracts. It is a program that implements the business logic and is run on top of blockchain. The application can interact with the blockchain by invoking chaincode to manage the ledger state and keep the transaction record in the ledger. This chaincode needs to be installed on each endorsing peer node that runs in a secured Docker container. The Hyperledger Fabric chaincode can be programmed in Go, Node.js, and Java.

Every chaincode program must implement the Chaincode interface. In this section, we will explore chaincode implementation using Go.

Getting ready

In Chapter 1, Working with Hyperledger Fabric, we set up our Hyperledger...