Blockchain in Action

2020-11-03 Computers

Author : Bina Ramamurthy
Release : 2020-11-03
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 333/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Blockchain in Action by : Bina Ramamurthy

Download or read book Blockchain in Action written by Bina Ramamurthy. This book was released on 2020-11-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s a lot more to the blockchain than mining Bitcoin. This secure system for registering and verifying ownership and identity is perfect for supply chain logistics, health records, and other sensitive data management tasks. Blockchain in Action unlocks the full potential of this revolutionary technology, showing you how to build your own decentralized apps for secure applications including digital democracy, private auctions, and electronic record management. Summary There’s a lot more to the blockchain than mining Bitcoin. This secure system for registering and verifying ownership and identity is perfect for supply chain logistics, health records, and other sensitive data management tasks. Blockchain in Action unlocks the full potential of this revolutionary technology, showing you how to build your own decentralized apps for secure applications including digital democracy, private auctions, and electronic record management. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Blockchain is more than just the tech behind Bitcoin—much more! Combining impenetrable security, decentralized transactions, and independently verifiable supply chains, blockchain applications have transformed currency, digital identity, and logistics. Platforms such as Ethereum and Hyperledger make it easy to get started by using familiar programming languages. About the book Blockchain in Action teaches you how to design and build blockchain-based decentralized apps, and is written in a clear, jargon-free style. First, you’ll get an overview of how blockchain works. Next, you’ll code your first smart contract using Ethereum and Solidity, adding a web interface, trust validation, and other features until your app is ready for deployment. The only thing you need to get started is standard hardware and open source software. What's inside Blockchain compared with other distributed systems Development in Solidity Identity, privacy, and security On-chain and off-chain data and operations About the reader For programmers who know JavaScript. About the author Bina Ramamurthy has thirty years of experience teaching distributed systems, data science, peer-to-peer networking, and blockchain. Table of Contents PART 1 - GETTING STARTED WITH BLOCKCHAIN PROGRAMMING 1 Blockchain basics 2 Smart contracts 3 Techniques for trust and integrity 4 From smart contracts to Dapps PART 2 - TECHNIQUES FOR END-TO-END DAPP DEVELOPMENT 5 Security and privacy 6 On-chain and off-chain data 7 Web3 and a channel Dapp 8 Going public with Infura PART 3 - A ROADMAP AND THE ROAD AHEAD 9 Tokenization of assets 10 Testing smart contracts 11 A roadmap to Dapp development 12 Blockchain: The Road ahead

Blockchain in Action

2020-09-22 Computers

Author : Bina Ramamurthy
Release : 2020-09-22
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 742/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Blockchain in Action written by Bina Ramamurthy. This book was released on 2020-09-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s a lot more to the blockchain than mining Bitcoin. This secure system for registering and verifying ownership and identity is perfect for supply chain logistics, health records, and other sensitive data management tasks. Blockchain in Action unlocks the full potential of this revolutionary technology, showing you how to build your own decentralized apps for secure applications including digital democracy, private auctions, and electronic record management. Summary There’s a lot more to the blockchain than mining Bitcoin. This secure system for registering and verifying ownership and identity is perfect for supply chain logistics, health records, and other sensitive data management tasks. Blockchain in Action unlocks the full potential of this revolutionary technology, showing you how to build your own decentralized apps for secure applications including digital democracy, private auctions, and electronic record management. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Blockchain is more than just the tech behind Bitcoin—much more! Combining impenetrable security, decentralized transactions, and independently verifiable supply chains, blockchain applications have transformed currency, digital identity, and logistics. Platforms such as Ethereum and Hyperledger make it easy to get started by using familiar programming languages. About the book Blockchain in Action teaches you how to design and build blockchain-based decentralized apps, and is written in a clear, jargon-free style. First, you’ll get an overview of how blockchain works. Next, you’ll code your first smart contract using Ethereum and Solidity, adding a web interface, trust validation, and other features until your app is ready for deployment. The only thing you need to get started is standard hardware and open source software. What's inside Blockchain compared with other distributed systems Development in Solidity Identity, privacy, and security On-chain and off-chain data and operations About the reader For programmers who know JavaScript. About the author Bina Ramamurthy has thirty years of experience teaching distributed systems, data science, peer-to-peer networking, and blockchain. Table of Contents PART 1 - GETTING STARTED WITH BLOCKCHAIN PROGRAMMING 1 Blockchain basics 2 Smart contracts 3 Techniques for trust and integrity 4 From smart contracts to Dapps PART 2 - TECHNIQUES FOR END-TO-END DAPP DEVELOPMENT 5 Security and privacy 6 On-chain and off-chain data 7 Web3 and a channel Dapp 8 Going public with Infura PART 3 - A ROADMAP AND THE ROAD AHEAD 9 Tokenization of assets 10 Testing smart contracts 11 A roadmap to Dapp development 12 Blockchain: The Road ahead

Build Your Own Blockchain

2020-05-02 Business & Economics

Author : Daniel Hellwig
Release : 2020-05-02
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 421/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Build Your Own Blockchain written by Daniel Hellwig. This book was released on 2020-05-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive introduction to blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Intended as an applied guide for hands-on practitioners, the book includes detailed examples and in-depth explanations of how to build and run a blockchain from scratch. Through its conceptual background and hands-on exercises, this book allows students, teachers and crypto enthusiasts to launch their first blockchain while assuming prior knowledge of the underlying technology. How do I build a blockchain? How do I mint a cryptocurrency? How do I write a smart contract? How do I launch an initial coin offering (ICO)? These are some of questions this book answers. Starting by outlining the beginnings and development of early cryptocurrencies, it provides the conceptual foundations required to engineer secure software that interacts with both public and private ledgers. The topics covered include consensus algorithms, mining and decentralization, and many more. “This is a one-of-a-kind book on Blockchain technology. The authors achieved the perfect balance between the breadth of topics and the depth of technical discussion. But the real gem is the set of carefully curated hands-on exercises that guide the reader through the process of building a Blockchain right from Chapter 1.” Volodymyr Babich, Professor of Operations and Information Management, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University "An excellent introduction of DLT technology for a non-technical audience. The book is replete with examples and exercises, which greatly facilitate the learning of the underlying processes of blockchain technology for all, from students to entrepreneurs.” Serguei Netessine, Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania "Whether you want to start from scratch or deepen your blockchain knowledge about the latest developments, this book is an essential reference. Through clear explanations and practical code examples, the authors take you on a progressive journey to discover the technology foundations and build your own blockchain. From an operations perspective, you can learn the principles behind the distributed ledger technology relevant for transitioning towards blockchain-enabled supply chains. Reading this book, you'll get inspired, be able to assess the applicability of blockchain to supply chain operations, and learn from best practices recognized in real-world examples." Ralf W. Seifert, Professor of Technology and Operations Management at EPFL and Professor of Operations Management at IMD

Blockchain and the Law

2018-04-09 Law

Author : Primavera De Filippi
Release : 2018-04-09
Genre : Law
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 915/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Blockchain and the Law by : Primavera De Filippi

Download or read book Blockchain and the Law written by Primavera De Filippi. This book was released on 2018-04-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Blockchains will matter crucially; this book, beautifully and clearly written for a wide audience, powerfully demonstrates how.” —Lawrence Lessig “Attempts to do for blockchain what the likes of Lawrence Lessig and Tim Wu did for the Internet and cyberspace—explain how a new technology will upend the current legal and social order... Blockchain and the Law is not just a theoretical guide. It’s also a moral one.” —Fortune Bitcoin has been hailed as an Internet marvel and decried as the preferred transaction vehicle for criminals. It has left nearly everyone without a computer science degree confused: how do you “mine” money from ones and zeros? The answer lies in a technology called blockchain. A general-purpose tool for creating secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer applications, blockchain technology has been compared to the Internet in both form and impact. Blockchains are being used to create “smart contracts,” to expedite payments, to make financial instruments, to organize the exchange of data and information, and to facilitate interactions between humans and machines. But by cutting out the middlemen, they run the risk of undermining governmental authorities’ ability to supervise activities in banking, commerce, and the law. As this essential book makes clear, the technology cannot be harnessed productively without new rules and new approaches to legal thinking. “If you...don’t ‘get’ crypto, this is the book-length treatment for you.” —Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution “De Filippi and Wright stress that because blockchain is essentially autonomous, it is inflexible, which leaves it vulnerable, once it has been set in motion, to the sort of unforeseen consequences that laws and regulations are best able to address.” —James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review

Blockchain Foundations

2020-09 Business & Economics

Author : Mary C. Lacity
Release : 2020-09
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 573/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Blockchain Foundations written by Mary C. Lacity. This book was released on 2020-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there are many books on blockchains, this guide focuses on blockchain applications for business. The target audience is business students, professionals, and managers who want to learn about the overall blockchain landscape -- the investments, the size of markets, major players and the global reach -- as well as the potential business value of blockchain applications and the challenges that must be overcome to achieve that value. We present use cases and derive action principles for building enterprise blockchain capabilities. Readers will learn enough about the underlying technologies to speak intelligently to technology experts in the space, as the guide also covers the blockchain protocols, code bases and provides a glossary of terms. We use this guide as the textbook for our undergraduate and graduate Blockchain Fundamentals course at the University of Arkansas. Other professors interested in adopting this guide for instructional purposes are welcome to contact the author for supporting instructional materials.

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