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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)

Blockchains Focused on Specific Sectors and Use Cases

Welcome back on our blockchain journey! We have covered a lot of ground so far, from the history of money and why blockchain cryptoassets make sense to the foundational technologies of Bitcoin and Ethereum. Now that you have a good understanding of Bitcoin and Ethereum, which pioneered the first and second generation of this technology, we can move on and introduce some other interesting projects related to these technologies.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • The different categories of blockchain
  • Sector-specific blockchains
  • Private blockchains