Blockchain Quick Reference: A guide to exploring decentralized blockchain application development
Language: English
Published by Packt Publishing, 2018
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- Title
- Blockchain Quick Reference: A guide to exploring decentralized blockchain application development
- Author
- Brenn Hill; Samanyu Chopra; Paul Valencourt
- Publisher
- Packt Publishing
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1788995783
- ISBN 13
- 9781788995788
- Item weight
- 723 grams
Understand the Blockchain revolution and get to grips with Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, and Corda.
Key Features
- Resolve common challenges and problems faced in the Blockchain domain
- Study architecture, concepts, terminologies, and Dapps
- Make smart choices using Blockchain for personal and business investments
Book Description
Blockchain Quick Reference takes you through the electrifying world of blockchain technology and is designed for those who want to polish their existing knowledge regarding the various pillars of the blockchain ecosystem.
This book is your go-to guide, teaching you how to apply principles and ideas for making your life and business better. You will cover the architecture, Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), tokens, smart contracts, and terminologies of the blockchain technology, before studying how they work. All you need is a curious mind to get started with blockchain technology. Once you have grasped the basics, you will explore components of Ethereum, such as ether tokens, transactions, and smart contracts, in order to build simple Dapps. You will then move on to learning why Solidity is used specifically for Ethereum-based projects, followed by exploring different types of blockchain with easy-to-follow examples. All this will help you tackle challenges and problems.
By the end of this book, you will not only have solved current and future problems relating to blockchain technology but will also be able to build efficient decentralized applications.
What you will learn
- Understand how blockchain architecture components work
- Acquaint yourself with cryptography and the mechanics behind blockchain
- Apply consensus protocol to determine the business sustainability
- Understand what ICOs and crypto-mining are and how they work
- Create cryptocurrency wallets and coins for transaction mechanisms
- Understand the use of Ethereum for smart contract and DApp development
Who this book is for
Blockchain Quick Reference is for you if you are a developer who wants to get well-versed with blockchain and its associated concepts and terminologies. You will explore the working mechanism of a decentralized application with the help of examples. Business leaders and blockchain enthusiasts will also find this book useful, as it will help you effectively address challenges and make better personal and business investments.
Table of Contents
- Blockchain 101
- Components and structure of Blockchain
- Decentralization vs Distributed Systems
- Cryptography and mechanics behind blockchain
- Bitcoins
- Altcoins
- Achieving Consensus
- Advanced Blockchain Concepts
- Cryptocurrency wallets
- Alternate Blockchains
- Hyperledger and Enterprise Blockchains
- Ethereum 101
- Solidity 101
- Smart Contracts
- Ethereum Development
- Ethereum Accounts and Ether token
- Decentralized applications(Dapps)
- Mining
- ICO 101
- Creating your own currency
- Scalability and other challenges
- Future of Blockchain: Potential and predictions
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About the Author
Brenn Hill is a senior software engineer who has worked with such clients as NASCAR, PGA Tour, Time Warner Cable, and many others. He has experience leading international teams on cannot fail engineering projects. He strives to work with business to ensure that tech projects achieve good ROI and solve key business problems. He has a master's degree in Information Science from UNC-CH and currently travels the world as a digital nomad.
Samanyu Chopra is a developer, entrepreneur, and Blockchain supporter with wide experience of conceptualizing, developing, and producing computer and mobile software's. He has been programming since the age of 11. He is proficient in programming languages such as JavaScript, Scala, C#, C++, Swift, and so on. He has a wide range of experience in developing for computers and mobiles. He has been a supporter of Bitcoin and blockchain since its early days and has been part of wide-ranging decentralized projects since a long time. You can write a tweet to him at @samdonly1.
Paul Valencourt is CFO of BlockSimple Solutions. He currently helps people launch STOs and invest in cryptocurrency mining. Harass him on LinkedIn.
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