In this chapter, you learned how to deploy a private Ethereum blockchain, as well as other types of private blockchains. We also provided some real-world use cases of private blockchains in different industries. blockchain is still at the very early stages of its technological revolution. As the technology becomes more mature, we expect it will be very successful and have a profound impact on many industries.
As blockchain technology is being recognized by broader and broader audiences, the development of smart contracts is increasing rapidly. In the time it has taken to write this book, 73,699,065 accounts (externally owned accounts and contract accounts) have been added to the Ethereum main network, holding 107,440,864.655 ether. The number of accounts is 10 times higher than it was two years ago. A total number of 96,108,208 contract internal transactions have been...