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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)

Summary

The Ethereum technology is still in its nascent stage and will have to overcome several roadblocks – technical and regulatory – before it becomes fully-functional and eligible for mass business adoption. In this chapter, we learned that initiatives, such as the EEA, are important forums for established industry leaders and disruptive start-ups must work and innovate together toward changing the world for the better. We learned about various corporate blockchains and how they affect daily business.

Well, as the old saying goes: time will tell. Let's now take a look at some practical examples of how blockchain business adoption is progressing. Then we'll discuss the present issues the technology is facing, and how are they being addressed, so that public blockchains can get to the next level and solve the scalability, interoperability, privacy, and...