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Mastering Blockchain, Fourth Edition

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By : Imran Bashir
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Mastering Blockchain, Fourth Edition

Mastering Blockchain, Fourth Edition

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By: Imran Bashir

Overview of this book

Blockchain is the backbone of cryptocurrencies, it has had a massive impact in many sectors, including finance, supply chains, healthcare, government, and media. It’s also being used for cutting edge technologies such as AI and IoT. This new edition is thoroughly revised to offer a practical approach to using Ethereum, Hyperledger, Fabric, and Corda with step-by-step tutorials and real-world use-cases to help you understand everything you need to know about blockchain development and implementation. With new chapters on Decentralized Finance and solving privacy, identity, and security issues, as well as bonus online content exploring alternative blockchains, this is an unmissable read for everyone who wants to gain a deep understanding of blockchain. The book doesn’t shy away from advanced topics and practical expertise, such as decentralized application (DApp) development using smart contracts and oracles, and emerging trends in the blockchain space. Throughout the book, you’ll explore blockchain solutions beyond cryptocurrencies, such as the IoT with blockchain, enterprise blockchains, and tokenization, and gain insight into the future scope of this fascinating and disruptive technology. By the end of this blockchain book, you will have gained a thorough comprehension of the various facets of blockchain and understand the potential of this technology in diverse real-world scenarios.
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Blockchain 101

It is very likely that if you are reading this book, you already have heard about blockchain and have some fundamental appreciation of its enormous potential. If not, then let me tell you that this is a technology that has promised to positively alter the existing paradigms of nearly all industries, including, but not limited to, the IT, finance, government, media, medical, and law sectors, by making them more efficient, trustworthy, and transparent.

This chapter introduces blockchain technology, its technical foundations, the theory behind it, and various technologies that have contributed to building what is known today as blockchain. The theoretical foundations of distributed systems are described first. Next, the precursors of Bitcoin are presented. Finally, blockchain technology is introduced. This approach is a logical way of understanding blockchain technology, as the roots of blockchain are in distributed systems and cryptography. We will be covering a lot of ground quickly here, but don’t worry—we will go over a great deal of this material in much greater detail as you move throughout the book.

In this chapter, we’ll focus on:

  • The growth of blockchain technology
  • Distributed systems
  • The history of blockchain
  • Introducing blockchain
  • Types of blockchain
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