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Mastering Blockchain - Fourth Edition

By : Imran Bashir
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Book Image

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.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
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Index

Projects under Hyperledger

There are four categories of projects under Hyperledger. Under each category, there are multiple projects. The categories are:

  • Distributed ledgers
  • Libraries
  • Tools
  • Domain-specific

Currently, there are six distributed ledger projects under the Hyperledger umbrella: Fabric, Sawtooth, Iroha, Indy, Besu, and Burrow. Under libraries, there are the Aries, Transact, Quilt, and Ursa projects. The tools category of Hyperledger includes projects such as Avalon, Cello, Caliper, and Explorer. There are also domain-specific projects such as Hyperledger Grid and Hyperledger Labs.

The following diagram visualizes the categorization of Hyperledger projects:

Figure 17.1: Projects under Hyperledger

A brief introduction to all these projects follows.

Distributed ledgers

Distributed ledgers, as we covered in Chapter 1, Blockchain 101, are a broad category of distributed databases that are decentralized, shared among multiple participants, and updateable only via consensus.

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