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Mastering Blockchain - Third Edition

By : Imran Bashir
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Mastering Blockchain - Third Edition

By: Imran Bashir

Overview of this book

Blockchain is the backbone of cryptocurrencies, with applications in finance, government, media, and other industries. With a legacy of providing technologists with executable insights, this new edition of Mastering Blockchain is thoroughly revised and updated to the latest blockchain research with four new chapters on consensus algorithms, Serenity (the update that will introduce Ethereum 2.0), tokenization, and enterprise blockchains. This book covers the basics, including blockchain’s technical underpinnings, cryptography and consensus protocols. It also provides you with expert knowledge on decentralization, decentralized application development on Ethereum, Bitcoin, alternative coins, smart contracts, alternative blockchains, and Hyperledger. Further, you will explore blockchain solutions beyond cryptocurrencies such as the Internet of Things with blockchain, enterprise blockchains, tokenization using blockchain, and consider the future scope of this fascinating and disruptive technology. By the end of this book, you will have gained a thorough comprehension of the various facets of blockchain and understand their potential in diverse real-world scenarios.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
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Index

Emerging trends

Blockchain technology is in a period of rapid change and intense development, due to the deep interest in it by the academic and commercial sectors. As the technology has become more mature, a few trends have started to emerge. For example, private blockchains have recently gained a lot of attention due to their specific use cases in finance organizations. Similarly, enterprise blockchains aim to develop blockchain solutions that meet enterprise-level efficiency, security, and integration requirements. For an in-depth exploration of the technical details and features of some alternative blockchains, and their relevant platforms, take a look at this book's bonus online content pages here: https://static.packt-cdn.com/downloads/Altcoins_Ethereum_Projects_and_More_Bonus_Content.pdf. These are out of the scope of this chapter, but it is highly recommended to access these pages to explore some recent blockchain solutions in more detail. Now, some of the broader trends...