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Blockchain for Decision Makers

By : Romain Tormen
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Blockchain for Decision Makers

By: Romain Tormen

Overview of this book

In addition to cryptocurrencies, blockchain-based apps are being developed in different industries such as banking, supply chain, and healthcare to achieve digital transformation and enhance user experience. Blockchain is not only about Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies, but also about different technologies such as peer-to-peer networks, consensus mechanisms, and cryptography. These technologies together help sustain trustless environments in which digital value can be transferred between individuals without intermediaries. This book will help you understand the basics of blockchain such as consensus protocols, decentralized applications, and tokenization. You'll focus on how blockchain is used today in different industries and the technological challenges faced while implementing a blockchain strategy. The book also enables you, as a decision maker, to understand blockchain from a technical perspective and evaluate its applicability in your business. Finally, you'll get to grips with blockchain frameworks such as Hyperledger and Quorum and their usability. By the end of this book, you'll have learned about the current use cases of blockchain and be able to implement a blockchain strategy on your own.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Title Page

Digital identities

It is no secret that the world is evolving at a rapid pace. Never before have we witnessed so many changes happening in such a short period of time. Urbanization, as a matter of fact, has been accelerating these last fifteen years bringing important demographic and social changes.

Indeed, the population has continuously grown with an even more increasing proportion of the elderly. With 2030 just around the corner and 1960's baby-boomers, we'll reach a population of 8.5 billion people, among which 9% will be over 65 years old. Overpopulation combined with our modern over-consuming way of life has, unfortunately, a terrible impact on the environment. Climate change is a true concern and resource scarcity has been identified as a global trend by the World Economic Forum. But the most evident shift is the technological breakthroughs that impact every...