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Mastering Blockchain - Fourth Edition

By : Imran Bashir
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Book Image

Mastering Blockchain - Fourth Edition

5 (3)
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

Summary

This chapter covered blockchain privacy – a subject of profound importance. We covered what privacy is, its different facets, and how can we solve the privacy problem on blockchain. We also saw major technologies, such as ZKPs and particularly SNARKs, which are the most advanced and used form of ZKPs to solve privacy problems on the blockchain.

Moreover, we explored how Zokrates can be used to create zero-knowledge programs to complement the theoretical concepts, covered earlier in this chapter. Regarding privacy, we have many solutions, including but not limited to Zcash, Manta, Aleo, ZKOPRU, Aztec, and Espresso. To solve scalability, some key solutions are zkSync, Scroll, and Polygon Hermez.

In the next chapter we will introduce security, which is another challenge that blockchain technology faces.

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