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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

Working with the OpenSSL command line

On the Ubuntu Linux distribution, OpenSSL is usually already available. However, it can be installed using the following commands:

$ sudo apt-get install openssl

Examples in this chapter have been developed using OpenSSL version 1.0.2t. It is available at https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/openssl. You are encouraged to use this specific version, as all examples in the chapter have been developed and tested with it. The OpenSSL version can be checked using the following command:

$ openssl version

If you see the following output,

OpenSSL 1.0.2t  10 Sep 2019

then you are all set to run the examples provided in this chapter. If you are running a version other than 1.0.2t, the examples may still work but that is not guaranteed, especially as older versions lack the features used in the examples and newer versions may not be backward compatible with version 1.0.2t, though less likely.

In the sections that follow, the theoretical foundations of cryptography...